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• OFFICERS OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

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G. H. Gannon, '15, Pullman, Wash...... President A. R. Galbraith, '13, Garfield, 'Yash...... First Vice President • !. J . O. Blair, '08, Vancouver, ·Wash ...... Second Vice President

Alumni Secretary "' .. H. M. Chambers, '13 ...... Pullman, Wash.

Treasurer C. L. Hix, '09 ...... Pullman, Vvash.

Members-at-Large 4 r L. B. Vincent, '15 ...... Yakima, 'Vash. S. Elroy McCaw, '10, .. , ...... Bellingham, "Wash. J . H. Binns, '16, ...... Tacoma, "Wash. Ira Clark, '02 ...... Walla Walla, 'Vash.

Walter Robinson, '07 ...... Spokane, ·Wash. (1 ,.

Members of Athletic Council I ,

R. C. McCroskey, '06 ...... Garfield, Wash. j~ C. A. Zimmerman, '24 ...... Spokane, ,VasIl. ;/ 'J :Earl Foster, '24 ...... Pullman, 'Vash. :,.1; Editor and Manager of The Alumnus : jj H. M. Chambers, '13 ...... Pullman, Wash.

Offici.a.l Cartoonist for The Alumnus T H. R. Fulton, '12 ...... Seattle, Wash. E. V. Edmonds, '11 ...... Mt. Vernon, Wash.

THE ALUMNUS Published monthly by the Alumni of the State College of Washington.

Entered as second class matter June 13, 1919, at the post office at Pull­ man, Washington, under the Act of March 3, 1879.

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THE p~LUMNUS A Digest of the News for the Alumni

VOLUME XV PULLMAN, WASHINGTON, DECEMBER, 1925 NUMBER 10 The Legislative Outlook

Just what the . :gislaturc may finally appt'opriate for the J ust a ft;w days ago it seemed apparent that a supple­ needs of th , Stat College is largely a matter of conjecture. 111 enta l bil l would pass through both houses, carring the There has bel' . no cnd of di scussion in thc Senate Com­ foll owin g items for the State College : mittee on l;duca.ional Institution s, \yith regard to the fi x­ in g of mil" 'gcs for institutions of hi g her Ica rning. T he Opera ti on and maintenance 56)50.00 qucsti on at ,suc was to determine thc basis 0 11 which the Mechani c A rts Building 69,200.00 mill agcs sr tiel be fi gured. W il son Hall 41 ,700.00 The fin al rcport of t hi s cOlllmittee whcn it cam e to the Reconstruct water system 28,900.00 floor of tho Senate fi xed the millage of the State Coll cge A rmory and Gymnasium 150,000.00 at approxi!',latcly .8 7 ~ '-;; mills. This rcport was adoptcd by the Senate, a nd passed on to thc House for consid eration. T otal ...... $446, 550.00 As this n agazin e goes to press the report comes from O lympia that thc House adopted the report as subm itted In fact a bill in cluding the above items had passed the by the Senate The fa tc of the millage is, therefore, in Senate and was clue for consideration in the H ouse along the hands ui the Govcrnor. with the gencral appropriations bill. In vi cw f the fact that the Governor is not in favor of millage as mattcr of principl e, and stated in hi s m essage Howeve r, it appears at this wntlllg tha t both the gcn­ to thc Leg :"ture that he opposed any in creased appropria­ era l appropri atio n bill and the supplemental appropriation tions for 111 intcnance and opcration of thc in stitutions ot bill have encountcred abstacles in the H ouse and both bills hi g her learr. ;ng, it is a reasonable g uess to say that he \\'ere returned to the Senate with certain cha nges and will likcly v to the bilL a lterations. If this :ak ' s place it is then a questio n whethcr the in· stitutions w;:1 have sufficient streng th to pass the bill Latest rports have it tha t the Senate did away with the over the Co n~ rn o r ' s veto. To do so will rcquirc a t wu­ sup ple mental a ppropriati on bill and in corporated the items thirds vote in cach house of the Lcgisla ture. contain cd therein in the gcneral appropria tion bill, and t hen proceeded to adjourn un til Monday, D ecember 28th. With refcl ,nce to appropriations for capital outlay and T hc House is still in session and is reported to be ready supplemental appropriati ons, aside from millage, the to adjourn on Tucsday, December 22ncl , to reconvcne on· State Co lIg ~ had rcquestcd thc follo win g: the 28th . Operation and mai ntenancc ...... $209,739.9 1 Mechanic A rts Building 69,200.00 T hcrefore, un less the House acccpts the appropriation Wilson H all 41 ,775.00 bill as now constitutcd as it cam e from the Senatc, con­ R cconstruct water system 28,975.00 sid eration o n the bill cannot be had until after the 28th of A rmory and GYlll nasium 278,297.45 the m onth. U nit of Hospita l 60,000.00 In short, the questi on of suppl emcnta l appropriations is T otal ...... $ 687,987.36 very m uc h up in the air. Noone kno weth what will ha ppeti. 2 THE ALUMNUS

NEWS OF THE _ALUMNI

ALUMNI LETTERS -and our long, sunny balcony over­ ed ceiling, way down there in the dark. looks the lazy old Tiber, \~;th .St. was an altar where the sacred bull THE STEWARTS NOW IN ROME Peter's dome on beyond was sacrificed, and on either side were Vic have visited St. Peter's several stone couches, I guess you would call Rome, Italy, times, also the Vatican, which is full them, where the initiated reclined November 14, 1925. of interesting collections of marhles, while partaking of the flesh of the bull. Aftn only two weeks acquaintance books and gems, and contains, of The Coliseum, the Pantheon and the with Rome, I hesitate to cven so much course, the famous Sistine Chapel. Forum have been pictured and storied -as comment upon its wealth of charms, One feels that it should be provided so much that I am afraid I would be its monuments or its inhabitants, for with couches amI cushions, so that he intruding on your conceptions and il­ after our experience in Greece and our Illight lie and watch and wonder and lusions to venture my humble reac­ hastily formed and entirely superficial dream over Michaelangelo's ceiling, tion towards thcm However, you can dislike for the place, we have begun but instead there are wooden benches consider what little I say, merely as to realize that one is worse than no and everyone sitting with his eyes my small personal opinion. The Col­ judge at all of a land until he has strained upward, looking, looking, and iseLlm is so well represented by its actually lived in it, known types of its never feeling saturated. The only way many photographs that it is just as people and absorbed its spirit. And of to hope to sec it and appreciate it all onc contemplates. and actually stand­ course Don and I miss the true flavor is to go back and back. Rome, as all ing beside it or within it impresses one hecause we do not know the languages. the rest of Italy, is crowded with Holy with its enormity and helps one vis­ But at that, we had a feeling of part­ Year Pilgrims, especially German, it ualize it in its completeness, filled with ing with a dear old treasure when we seems. T don't know where they all ti ers upon tiers of spectators, gasping, left Greece's vivid blue water and sky, cat and sleep, but they say it was im­ gazing, screaming, rising to their feet her mellowed ivory temples. her pearl­ possible to obtain a room here this as they urged on the combats between hazed hills, and the fine friends we summer without engaging it far ahead. Illan wit and animal strength. It is had made among her people. It is It is hard to imagine what it must the interior of the Pantheon that is " hard to wax enthusiastic about Italy have been, there are still so many hun­ magnificent. From its marble floors now, but if it grows on us like Greece, dreds. it seems to soar right to the great and if the little towns and the country Some of the smaller churches I find dome ceiling, where a rounel opening life hold the same sort of hospitality far more appealing than the great St. is left clear to the heavens. Practi­ and charm on acquaintance, I am sure Peter·s. for I am vcry partial to s:m­ cally nothing but the floor of the by the time we have been here five plicity. rich old color and ancient mo­ Forum remains, though the associa­ or six months, as we were in Greece, saics. Of those we have seen, St. tions and the surroundings bring vi­ we will leave with the same feeling Clement's, with its five foundations, sions aplenty as one stands upon those of having left a bit of our hearts be­ the oldest and lowest, dating several hi storic slabs of rock. The castle of hind. hlllldred years before Christ, is my St. Angelo is an interesting old mass, Vole came to Italy rather suddenly ; choice. In the tribune is a rich mo­ too, and while the shafts in the floors that is, Dan's work in Athens was un­ saic of the twelfth century, symboliz­ of the prison rool11s connect by the certain for the winter, so we decided ing a tree which grows into the cross, shortest route with the Tiber below, we had better be getting on while we and rises from the cities of Bethlehem which. I grant is not· a pleasant thing still had enough capital to see at least and Jerusalem. T wish I could explain for a helpless prisoner to sit and con­ some of the rest of Europe. Then to you about the 13 lambs and the template, old Benvenuto Cellini's pris­ Don was advised to spend the rest four rivers and the white doves as the on had a little \\'indow and was pretty of our stay at Rome, studying and Irish priest told it to us. And I wish good sized and really not half bad. drawing and making side trips to you might see the cffect of it all, with Before coming to Rome, we stopped Northern Italy and the surrounding its gold background and harmonious at Corfu, Brindisi and Naples, the lat­ towns of architectural interest. And colorings, all patterned out of those ter for five days. It certainly is a through the assistance of the man for wee pieces. On the story below the thrill to ride up to black old Vesuvius whom he worked in Greece, Don has present church is another old Chris­ in a litle car that practically stands on ben allowed to affiliate with the Amer­ tian church with remains of the old i' s head before it reaches the top, and ican Academy here, with the privileges fre scoes still upon the walls, then another to stand and watch real live of studying in the library and draft­ Clme another layer, a "heathen" tem­ re:l fire, cinders and smoke come snort­ ing space. So we feel settled here for ple the priest called it. and along one ing out of the very earth upon which the ,,-inter, at least. Vie have a two­ \\-all we \\Trc 5hO\\"Il gl-eat hlocl~s of we live and have our hein g. I stood room apartment and kitchen, with ev­ rock that had served as foundation fa scinated. \\-ondering just what thIS erything furnished but the food­ for another ancient edifice. In one next \\-orld ,,-auld be like for a sinner which, by the way, we find quite high little "heathen" chapel with a vault­ like me, and the poor wobbly old guide THE ALUMNUS 3

that kept hanging on to me as thollgh get justicc, and you can talk. But it 1 look lipan the team as representing he had accompanied just such wicked is a helpless, ma ddening feeling to the spirit of the school they represent. girls and seen them devoured before have perhaps one in a crowd who can Those eleven men symbo lize W. S. C, his very eyes, insisted on hauling me ta lk English, then they all make it The idea of all the effort and noise back so he coule! annex another partv their affair and jabber, jabber, and \\'hen I was there was to win games. at 20 cents each and tip besides. Pon;­ ,,'hat you finally sift out of it is what It never hurt a great deal to meet peii is certainly a glimpse into a world the one who is interpreting car ~s to tell defeat when we knew every man was past, with its pillared mansions, courts you. But when the porter discovered fighti'ng to the utmost of his effort .lnd theatres, and streets almost as we were riding third class he evidently from beginning to end. The team will good as the day old Vesuvius decided realized both he and the Fascist had have this fight if the student body ex­ to s mother them. It \\;as rough the made a mistake. There was much pects and demands it. No o ne ever day we went to Capri and the Blue humming a nd squirming and talking asked "Will we win ?" or "Can we Grotto, which of course made it more w:th hath hands ilnd faces, but Don win ?" It was "We shall win," and we exciting but not so restful. From the demanded the station captain, and sud­ did. There is something decidedly littlc steamer they took Uo two at a denly we were rushed out to the train, wrong and so let's be ft'ank and dig it timc in a smail row boat. At the en­ even by the doorma n without tickets up and straighten it out. I believe the trance to the cave we waited until the and told to wait there until the train student body wili do this themselves as opportune moment, then our boatman came in. A t that, they demanded 20 soon as they realize what it is. grabbed a rope, and in we swooped. cents each for carrying our baggage. My best to all the fellows and do n't hoth lying flat in the bottom of the and 20 cents for the fa scist. One forget a good punch for the " Frog." boat to go through the entrance in needs a gun to protect his purse, I Two dollars for dues. the rock. and getting pretty well guess. In spite of a ll you hear, you A. Kienholz, '20. splashed up. Inside, the intense, trans­ can not beli eve what a conception Darent blueness of the water is re­ these people have of A merica's wealth. ART TURNER, '03, ON THE JOB flected on the walls and ceiling of the VI'! e go so in Greece, if we could have I am enclosing herewith a check for cave and upon everyone's face. In spoken a ny other long uage we never $10 as per your request of November 7. summer, and in calmer' weather, I would have admitted to hotel keepers This funds you. propose raising is, in guess, there are divers who swim about and tradesm en that we came from the my opinion, of great importa nce and and show how anything in the water land of gold. A t one hotel-in Naup­ I hope you will succeed in securing it can be seen at any depth. But we li a-we paid at least four times as promptly. missed any such show. Our parting much for a room as a German pro­ If you should start a campaign to contact with Naples was rather funny fe ssor paid, a nd then he took us the secure funds to pure-hase dynamite, pep if it had not heen so maddening at rest of our trip as his students and and life for the student body, physi cal the time, and so disgusting in prin­ we found wha t it was to travel cheaply education department, foo tball coach­ ciple. Of course Naples is a tourist in Greece. ing staff and football team, I am sure place, having practically no claims for \Vell, this letter has stretched into the the alulllni would come across 100 or interest far students, and it seems a volume. I hope some of it is in­ per cent. t hat every porter, hoteI proprietor and teresting to some of y ou, a nd I would \<\fhcn a student body allows the U. shop keeper expects America to pay certainly like to hear what is hap[Jen­ of I. to beat them ~ ix straight years in its own share of ltaly's war debt to ing in the blessed United States and rooting and a football team hasn't pep America. So this was the last and to all of you whom we think about enough to make a touchdown in-the' worst of a long string of exhorbitant and talk about so much. Lord knows when it was-a g ood shot demands on all sides, including 15 per vVe both wish you all the fin est sort of dynamite might wake somebody up. cent tax for service at restaurants. of Christmas and the gladdest kind of A. ]. Turner, '03. vVith the Stewart family from Greece N ew Year and hope to see you before came a large maroon dunnage bag, the next one rolls around. "SCOOTCH" ATLASON, '20, annexed there to transport property Betty and Don Stewart, '22. ARRIVES HOME accumulated in Constantinople and c.a re American Express Co., Shaqn burg, III., Greece. Also one suitcase and a small Rome, Italy. November 23, 1925. French satchel. No dogs, chickens or Here is a little aid to your S. O. S. uncrated furniture. The porters-two A. KIENHOLZ COMMENTS arrived home safely after one of the appointed themselves to carry our \!\T oolford, Alberta, most pleasant trips I have ever taken. equipment-set down their load in r have been reading somc of the fine l1 C' ing able to visit with my parents and front of the first class ticket window letters in the last A lumnus and I do spending Homecoming at the old and one said out of the side ' of his heartily agree with Stites. I would school surely was a great treat. mouth to Don: "The fascist says you place the blame for our poor showing Our cattle did very well at Portland have too much baggage. You will on the griciiron, not upon the coaches, ,nd also at K ansas City the follcwing have to register it or give him a smail but squar cly upo n the student body. week. They are bedded down at the tip, about 20 lira." (This is about SO N o coach could get the best results I nternational Stock Show, Chicago, cents.) You can imagine how furioli S fr0111 a team if th ~ student body lacks awaiting the opening of the court oi we were. Of course it is not just the interest in the team and their accom­ last resort in the purebred busin ess. same as beilig swindled in your own plishments. \!\Th y play these games if Allan C. Atlason, '20. land, for you have some idea of how to not to win ? P.S. Regards to Foster. •

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DR. PAUL B. COOPER, '02, 111 southrel1 California up until last Sat­ A few days after 111Y return fro111 • REPRESENTS COLLEGE urday. the hospital the 21st Infantry went to \'Ve have a very hvely and cnthusias­ its summer recreation camp at Kawai­ hapi on the north shore of Oahu. Not :My Dear Dr. H olla nd: ti c alumni association here which ,~ I had the pleasure yesterday of goin g meets once a month in Los Angeles. wishing to leave me here alone, Ray to Forest Grove for the inaug uration I am intl' nding to attend all the month­ established a camp for us a mile 'down uf P resident Dobb:;. ly m eetings from no \\' on. I've begun the beach, close enough that he could There we re r ~p r cse nt at i v e s fr0111 to feci very III uch at hOl11e with su be there for meals and to sleep. With " nearl y all the schools in the North west, many \V. S. C. alulllni ncar. our faithful Pedro to care for our · as well as a large Ilumber of the alum ­ ehas. F. Lachey. '24. physical needs we had a wonderful ni fr0111 Pacific University. It m ade 1'.S. :\,1)' adcln:ss has been changed rest-he caught fish and crabs for the a most impressive sight as all clad in from 839 'vValnut to 1567 West Se\, ­ chi ldren w hile we built sand castles on ,.. cap and go\\n marched from thc enth. the beach. \,Ve swam twice a day, school builliing to t he Congregational played games during the hot after­ noon and went to bed with the chick­ chUt·eh. where th ... inauguration took C. E. SKINNER IN ENGLAND place. ens. It really agreed with us. Can you imagine such a thing? Everyone prese nt was qu ite takel~ Rothalllstcd Experiment Station, with President D obbs. and I a 111 sure Harpenden, Herts, England, A n in teresting thing happened one the schools of the ~ orthwest arc to be October S, 1925. day. 'vVe were calling on a Chinese congratulated as \1'(; 11 as Pacific U ni ­ E nclosed find a P . O. money order family up toward the mountai ns with ·' \'e rs:ty in having a man of thi s typc as for t\\'O dollars for the Pow \,Vow or a vie w to getting fresh eggs and ban­ an educator in th is se ction. its legitimate successor. If tllat is not anas. The children asked Pedro and Thanking you for the invitation you the ri ght amount, please let me know me to play ball with them so he • extended to mc to represent t he col­ an d I will send the rest. pitched on one side and I on the oth­ lege at this timc, 1 am, with kindest You might be interstcd in my doings er. Pretty soon the mother, dressed \\'ishcs, since I left 'vV. S. C. in 1923. I have in a spotless li ght blue pajama suit, Paul' B. Cooper, '02. been at the New J ersey experiment came out into the yard to invite us .. station. Rutgers univCI'sity. close to to "kau kau" (food). She could speak C. F. LACHEY, '24, New York city, where I was working ollly a few words of English but her children all spoke well. I looked SAW U. S. C. GAME on bacteriology and soil mi c robiolo g ~ ' .,. fo r IllV Ph. D. degree. After fini shing . questioningly at Pedro to ascertain 1567 'Nest Se\'enth, I \\'as lu cky enough to get a one year whethe r or not it would be all ri g ht. Riverside, Cali f., appointment at Rothamsted, through Having always had a g reat desire to December 4, 1925. th e In ternational Education Board, and vi sit thc O rient I thought I had bet­ alll enclosing my alu m ni dues, I have bee n herc a little over a month. ter see it on Am eri can soil while I had ... . which [ suspect are o\·crclue. I like it here, very Illuch indeed. I t a chance, so I accepted. There were exactly 13 of us about the table which I a111 enj oying 111 y work he re a ~ is a splendid research station-and junior pathologist ",ith the U. S. De­ anyway of \ate years E ngland has cer­ was covered with oil cloth. The di shes partment of Agri culture. I find it \'ery tain advantages ovcr the U. S. A. of ri cc, fi sh and eggs in soi sa uce were in te resting and educational, as I get HO\\'t:ve r. I shall llnke full usc of Illy grouped around a large di sh of boiled to do a lot of research work and travel opportunities. Honi soit qui mal y water cress in the center of the table uver this part of the state. I am lo­ pnse. while at each place sat a little bowl ,.. cated at the U ni versity of Cali fornia Charles E. Skinner, '2 1. of rice and two chopsticks. The places Citrus Exper:ment Station and Gradu­ intended fo r me and the two children ate School of Sub-Tropical Horticul­ THE O'DAYS ENJOY HAWAII we re indicated by a spoon placed be­ ture. The research staff of the station side the chopsticks. The seven little consists of about .10 workers, among Schofield Barracks, T. H., boys ranging from 10 to 13 years, sturdy and independent, ate without a \'c hich arc some 0f the most noted Dece mher 5, 1925. pat hologists and physiologists of the The \\'onderful response to our last word. The father reached into the Chri stmas letter in spired us through center oi the table and helped the country. This st:'lt ion seems like a · ' small , \\'ell cquipp'c d coll ege min us the al l t he year. Ray and I surely get a smaller o nes while the older olles students. 1 find the contacts I have great deal of enjoyment out of our an­ helped themselves. They all put the here ve ry hel pful. The station is well nual "bulletin." I hope the pleasure fish bones on the table beside their .,4 , bowls. I suppose these people would equipped for research work. Our of­ is lllutual. fice ;s gi ven full privilege to use the Our li fe here wags on about the be classed as the peasants of any oth­ er country although they must be very station equipment. sal1',e as it would in any other place. Last June Ray Junior and I celebrated thrifty to feed, clothe and educate their Yes, [ saw the \V. S. c.-U . S. C. I' game and shared the great thri ll whi ch the close of school hy an operation large famil y . [ got a lo ng ve ry ni cely with m y lit­ that \\' oIHJcrful game ga\'(:. It \\'as a apiece. You sec my spring "rest" has gi'c at pleasurc to see the boys of our become a hahit and were it not for tle bowl of rice ull til the mother piled team a .c; ai n ami I1h,,:t with other alu lllni this I \yould Ilc\' ~ r get to read the lat­ so much other food on top that I at the 'banquet aiter the game. r havl' est novels. I am still quoting the lvlay couldn't find the rice. The fish and .' seen but two alul11ni in my year's stay m aga zine which I read at that time. the water cress with the rice were ••

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very goot! and if I could onl y have had ti on occurred in i\l[ay. 1924, when it \\'e arc lookin g fo rward to Christ­ a pl ate to keep things separated I tl11' (, II' out great stones a nd a shes to lll as week Il c(' all'·e our old collegc foot­ would have iJ een all right. I m et my a di ...; tance of two m il es. At presC' nt ba ll team, \ \'ashill g ton State. plays " \Vaterloo" when t he m other Jlut a the pi t. once a g lowin g mass of lava, t he l ' ni n·!·sit.\· of H a \\'a ii in Honolulu hit of dead-fish-the deadest fish J is greatly en larged owin g to the la\'a on :\('w Year's day. The alutll ni have ever smell ed-on the sid e of my bowl d raining out of it through under­ a rra nged a rootin g section fo r alullln i . and asked me to taste it. I was be­ g round h\\'a tubes. T he sides have of all Nortl!\\'cslern col leg es and a ing very polite and careful not to of­ caved away to the extent that the di ­ tlIil itary band to pl ay our olel songs. fed her, at the sam e time keepin g my mensions a rc 3500 fe et by 3000 feet \\'c cal] hardl,' expect an over wl! eltll ­ eye glued on this offensive morsel so by 1300 fe et dee p. A few steam IIlg victory because a mainland tealll as not to lose it s w hereabouts. She cracks emit steam, but t hat is COlllm on In s a lll"a ,'s to pi a,· unde r the han(li ­ heaped a poached egg on my alrady (0 th is wh ole region. whi ch is checked ca p of a \\'a r1ll climate a nel thc effects full bowl and kept sayin g, "Eat, cat." wi th many eart hquake cracks. of a sea \·o,'age. I tried to reach down to the ri ce again T he lava tubes a rc of g reat inter­ Some of .\·ou folk s must pl an to vi, it but to my sorrow I g ot the fi sh-she • est to tourists. T hey are large tun­ li S. \ \ ' e have a bea ch camp where we had turned my bowl around in serving nels form ed by the fl ow of molt en lava spcnd the \\' cek-ends and a ny aft er­ Ill e. P edro saw m y distress, so rush­ frO lll the interior of :\![auna Loa. K ow noons lI" e have free. If \\' e stay a n­ in g to the kitchen be broug ht back they arc covered with a luxurious trop­ other year you can surely a rra nge a som e \\'ater, \\'hich saved my life. That ical growth and do not present the trip to H a \laii in t hat t ime. was my iirst real taste of the O ri ent. desolate la ndscape I had expected. Ray and the children add th eir hest 'vVe had been home from the beach Even on the flo or of Kilauea Crater. wi shcs for a ~ { e rry Christma, . just three days w hen Ray had an op­ on t he 192 1 lava flo\I' the tree fe rn s Ever yom fri end. port unity to take a detachment of sol­ and oh ia have started to gr ow. T he J uani ta L. O 'D"y. di ers to Kilauea Military Camp, I sland " VV orld's \,Vierdest \,Va lk " is across 21st Infantry. oi H awaii. It was the cha nce we had the fl oor of t hi s cra ter. from above Scho fi eld Ba rracks, T . H . await ed for two years so on the fol­ it looks q ui te sm ooth but on t he level 10lvin g day we \\'ere aboard the H alea ­ it resembles an a ngr,' ocean with R E N E W A L S AND SUBSCRIP­ kala sailing for Filo. This camp is mounds and cavern s of black tar-like TIONS TO THE A L UMNUS located near the brink of Kilauea cra ter appeari ng substances. A s the la\'a on the side of the great volcanic moun­ hardened on the surface it broke into 1898 tain, Mauna Loa, at an elevation of huge gnarle d and twisted cakes t hat D . A. T3rod ie. 666 l\Iaryland Ave. 4000 feet. It is made up of a central have pil ed up on each other, m akin g N. E .. Washington. D. C. Supt. S t. building for mess and clubroom to­ grotesque fig ures. 1;: liza !J eth's H ospital F arms. .~ gether with 20 small cottages owned You will be sm ell in g fire a nd brim ­ '05 and furni shed by the differcnt organi­ stone if 1 do n't stop. A nyway we en­ P. C. Schoo!:;, 67 5 8th St., D urango. zati ons of the Hawaiian D epartment. joyed our trip so much that we I\·ant Colorado. Supt. Colorado 1'01\·cr Co. Upon our arrival the 21st Infantry cot­ to go back. Ray has already asked to '06 .. tage was assigned to us so we were stay another year and if t hi s requcst T . C. Manchester, Kent, \i\l ash. at home a s soon as we set our bags is g ranted we m ay spend our sUlllmer '08 down. With the exhilirating air, con­ at .K il a ll ea, leavin g here as soon as T . H . J udd, E llensburg, 'vVa sh. E n­ genial companions for interesting hikes school is out. gincer. a nt! with good cats there is no pl ace 1 am still teaching in hi gh school. '09 like it for recreation. only full time this year-chemi stry. I va n J . Putman. Sprague, \ Vasll. The country is ' roug h and jagged, · biology. genera l science and E ng li sh 1. T eacher. .. due to series of lava fl ows from Mauna My cl asses are ve ry sma ll or I would­ Chroris Anderso n, Box 210. River­ L oa and the hundreds of sm all craters n't be abl e to carry such a heavy , ide, Cal if. Teacher. which dot the whole island. The schedule. Schofield has an appropria­ '11 slopes of the tv,'O great countains. ti on fo r a new school plant w hi ch wil l Richard V . Ageton, 26 D St.. Miami. Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea, seem be com pleted by next September. O ur O kla. ~{ in i n g engin ecr. from the distance to be without a prin cipal has give n m e the p ri vil ege E . D. Calvin , 130x 398, Juncau, break, but in reality they a rc a gnarled. of planning a nd equi pping the new lab­ A laska. Eng in eer. t wisted mass of old and recent fl o\\'s. oratory. which is qui te an in centive to ' 12 . ~ very dangerous and almost impass­ stay. :-I rs. O. \ V. Roessler, SO ll th Bend. abl e. Mauna Loa is said to have the Phyll is has exceeded the speed li m it \ \'ash. H omemaker. m ost g radual and regula r outline of t hi s year in school. A fter giving the Mrs. Ralph E . Doty . nee Ma ri el any m ountain in the world fo r it ri ses Stan ford Achi evem ent T est to the Fulm cr, 207 E . 52nd N., Portland, fr om sea level to 14.000 fee t without g ra :les the principal moved her fro111 Ore. Homem aker. a break in its contour. K il auea Cra­ the second to t he third grade and after J. r ~. Y'ltcS. Pacific Powcr & Light ter on the side of this m ountain has t wo weeks the teacher put her into Co.• Portland. Ore. E ngin eer. a di am eter ·of three miles and is fill ed the " A" class. N ot so bad consid er­ '15 to within 700 feet of its top II·ith lava in g that she went only half session, R. rd. O'])ay, Captain 21 st Infantry. fl ows from the recent ly active fire each day last year because of crOI\·tl ed Schofield Ba rracks. T . H ., U . S. arm,' pit of Halemaull1a u. The last erup- conditions in the school. officer. ~\' I. r s . 0 ' Day (Jua ni ta Greg­

• 6 THE ALUMNUS stancc, at prcsent \\'e should be work­ Williams of a few years ago. Thc ory, '16) is tcaching scicncc in Scho­ old determination, thc old fighting fi eld Barracks High School. ing for the advancemcnt of highcr cd­ ucation and the State College. to be spir:t, the old confidence in hi s own '16 powcrs of en(lurance remained with Jas. E. Critcs, Jr., 435 W. Nittany sec ured at the next election. It is im­ possible to gain present support from him to the last, but the once power­ Ave., Statc Collcge, Fa. Assistant ful body was broken and emaciatcd, profcssor of physics. legislators elected a ycar or two ago who arc not in sympathy with thc a victim of the ravages of deadly sar­ Lorcn Dumas, Pomona Ranch, Day­ coma. It was the body, not the soul, ton, Vvash. Farmer. needs of the institutions. The support of thcsc men might have been secured, whi ch failed in the last great test. Roger W. Morse, County Agricul­ The memory of "Jimmy" Williams, tural Agent, H eppncr, Orc. by unitcd alumni efiort, whcn elected, or othcrs electcd \o\'ho would support lhe man, will remain a lasting tribute '18 to hi s great worth. H :s many hard Clair Hathaway, 1016 Spalding thc cause. vV c favor a program which is not antagonistic to any othcr in­ fights in the face of grcat obstacles, Bldg., Portland, Ore. Sccretary. and the grcatest of all his last, will H. M. \"' ivcll, U. S. Veterans' Hos­ stitution but on which will secure the bcst for all thc educational institutions long remain fresh in the mem ory of pital, Walla Walla, "" ash. his fricnds and associates and wi ll '20 of the state. It is understood that financial sup­ prove a powerful influencc in making A. Kienholz, Woolford, Alberta, of them better mcn and better women. Canada. Farmcr. port is needed for the prcsent, and in Ja 111 CS A. vVilliams was born near '23 ordcr to carry our part of this burden Moscow, Idaho, 35 years ago. He Clarcnce Loomis. 612 Howard St., \\'c are enclosing $10 towards any ex­ penditures that have or will be made. gradualed from Palouse high school San Francisco, Calif. and entered the Statc Coll ege of ' '23 The following officers were elccted Washington :n 1910, g raduating with H . ?Ii[. Emcry, 364 20th Ave., Long­ at the November mceting of Pierce the class of 1914 after havin g won the view, 'Nash. E ngineer with \,y eycr­ county alumni: P resident, R. J . Hill, '09, Roy, Wash. respect and admiration of all. He hauser Timbcr Co. was prominent in student activities, '24 Vice president, A. M. Richardson, a natural leader, and was signall y Mabel H enry, Halllakuapoko, Maui , '11,3401 No. 24th St., Tacoma, Wash. Secretary-treasurer, J essie Kirkland, honored by the student body when, in Box 262 . Tcacher. hi s senior. year, he was elected presi­ Charles F. Lackey, 1567 W. 7th, '22, 1026 No. Fife St., Tacoma, Wash. Board of directors (local), Dr. T. B. dent of thc associated students, the Riverside, Calif. highcst honor in the g:ft of hi s student Bernice Roundtree, CI'ai gmont, Ida. Murphy, 3003 No. 17th St., Tacoma; J. H. Binns, ' 16, Court House, T acoma associates. Teacher. District director, Paul T. Prentice, Durin g hi s coll ege career he was for '25 threc years a member of the coll ege Lorin G. Hibbard, 2213 Dwight 3720 No. 38th St., Tacoma. Jessie Kirkland, '22, track team and won many honors for \,Vay, Berkeley, Calif. hi s coll egc in the distance runs. Not Bori s F. Dmitrieff, 316 BellcVlle Secy. V.i. S. C. Alumni in Tacoma. a natural athlete, it was his det"ermina­ Avc. No., Seattle, \Nash. Draftsman. tion and spirit which sent him across Margaret L. Johnson, P rcscott, J. A, WILLIAMS, '14, DECEASED the tape a victor in many gruell ing ""ash. T eachcr. races against confcrence rivals. Be Ernest \,V. Stahlberg, 2200 Ather­ "Jimmy" vVilJ:ams, star athlete and gave hi s all in every race and time ton St., Berkeley ,Calif. The Pacific splendid citizen, is dead. The man after time fell into the arms of his T elephone & Tclegraph Co. whose dogged determination and fight­ teammates at thc close of the long Reginald C. Cooper, 20 Brushton ing spil-it carried him to victory in race, exhausted but victorious. Had Ave., vVilkinsburg, Pa. Student, many a gruc\1ing two-mile race while there been an honor offered in those Westinghouse E lectric Co. he was a student of the State College, days for the student who was the Ruth Frame, Box 144, ~ r a n gcr, lost hi s last fi ght at Colfax when the g reatcst in spiration to his fellows, that vVash. T eachcr. final vestige of his once great strength honor would undoubtedly have gone failed. But it was not the "Jimmy" to "JimIllY" ""illiams. TACOMA ALUMNI ARE BUSY It was fitting indeed that at the time of the conference track mcct on Tacoma, \Vash. , Rogers field in the spring of 1914 it December 1S, 1925. fe ll to the lot of "Jimmy" Williams, At a meeting of alumni in Tacoma, as president of the student body, to November 17, it was the consensuS of accept, from the president of the board opinion that the local almni arc ready of regents, the new Rogers field, one to support all le gislation conccrning of the best athletic fields in the N orth­ the State Collegc and other institutions west. A few minutes' later the same of higher education. However, thcy vVilliams, adorned in runnnig togs, feel that the present call was made too appeared at the starting mark for the late to insure the desired results. two-mile race. His wonderful perfor­ They strongly recommend that an mance in that, the last race for hi s advance legislativc program be con­ alma mater, is related as follows in stantly before the alumni. 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• the issue of The Herald of June 5, der thread. Paralyzed from the waist the Armstrong Machine Co. of Spo, 1914: clo wn, \\'ith his lungs rapidly filling. kane, w:lI be located directly under "It remained for 'Ji111111Y' vVillia11ls ancl sufferin g the agonies of death it­ the dairy manufacturing laboratories. of 'vV, S. C. to fUl"Ilish the sensation self, \ Villiallls cal1ed upon the last It is planned that the refrigeration ,n the two-mile event, a nd the red­ OUI1

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FOOTBALL a year of varsity football, showed con­ State's IS-yard line. siderable morc ohiftintss than last P lay during the second half was COUGARS 0; GONZAGA 0 year. even more evenly matched than in the During the second quarter Washing­ first half. Gon zaga played a better After the gridiron warriors of \Nash­ ton State threatened the Blue and and at time a dangerous passing gamc. ington State College and Gonzaga, White goal posts when they ran the The la st two periods produced no sen­ almost evenly matched, had battled ball from the cent.:r of the fic1dto the sationa l playing, practically everything back and forth along the field through five-yard line by line bucks and a wi th the exccpt:on of Gonzaga's few four long periods at the Gonzaga sta­ double pass, Sweet to Mitchell to pa sses being held to the line. The dium, the final whistle blew with the Meeker, that worked perfectly for a \V ashington ends ~ver e getting down score 0 to 0, as it did last Thanks­ 20-yard gain. In the th;rd period Gon­ under punts and nailing the receiver giving day on the same field. zaga opened up an aerial attack that almost in stantly. It was a game that held thrills all looked good for a while but lost its A fe w minutes before the end of the the way through. Time after time hold as the Cougars started knocking game Waldorf intercepted a pass and the rooting section of either school the passes down with regularity. returned the ball to his 35-yard line. would be up in a frenzy of excitement Captain Flaherty of Gonzaga chose H e then made six through the line but when their team was headed for a to kick and Bill Kramer received, re­ State was penalized for offside. After touchdown, only to sink back silently turning the ball 20 yards. Meeker t\\·o 111 0re attempts at passing Meeker as the tide was turned sharply about. signaled for plays tl ·. rough the line and tr:ed his second fi eld goal but it fe ll For two hours the Crimson and he and Sweet carried the baH to first short again. Gray and Blue and vVhite lin es were down. Gonzaga held and S weet kicked In hopes of a last minute vi ctory, ." all over the lot, bucking, plunging, to Ingram, who was stopped in h;s Ingram opened a passing attack but kickng and passing, waiting in vain tracks. Gonzaga gained 20 yards on he was too eager and threw hi's passes for the break that would bring the win­ an exchange of punts and Ingram tri(~d yards ahead of his receiver so that ning score. a drop-kick but failed. Washington none of them were good. The gam e h was 100 per cent football weather. State took the baH on its 20-yard line ended with the ball on Gonzaga's 2S­ Although the November sun shone and the teams played back and forth yard line. during the whole game, overcoats and the remainder of the period. It was neither a happy nor, unhappy blankets were a necessity. The game At the beginning of the second pe­ crowd that surged over the fi eld after started promptly at 2 o'clock, but be­ riod an exchange of punts kept the the gun sounded. Each side was sorry fore the fin a l gun barked a distinct game fairly even until from the centcr it did not win and g lad it was not chill had settled over the stands. The of the field Meeker got away for an scored on. dirt field of the Gonzaga stadium was l8-yard run through the middle of thl' The Lineups in excellent shape. The stands were lin e. Here vVash;ngton Statc's speedy V·/ . S. C. Gonzaga almost filled by a crowd of 8000 that quarter called for the play that has MitchelL...... LE ...... Flaherty was split 50-50 in the rooting. worked successful1y whenever is has HanselL...... LT ...... Cyre I t was probably the greatest game been tried during the season. The dou­ Bendix ...... LG ...... Reisenauel· of h;s career that Waldorf, \N. S. C. ble pass netted 20 more yards. With Crow...... C ...... Dussault fullback played. H e was going and only a few yards to the goal line. Smith...... RG ...... H . Gray just would not be stopped. He Mecker was forced out of hounds. F. Kramer...... RT ...... Heisi nger tore yard after yard off the Gonzaga Waldorf tried a line buck but failed. ParhilL...... RE ...... Hogle ends and through the line, and on de­ \N. S. C. was penalized 15 yards. Aft­ Meeker...... Q ...... Lynch ( fense, when a hole was torn in the cr starting out for a pass, Sweet ran VV . Kramer...... LH ...... Bross . Crimson line by the Bulldog interfer­ around the Gonzaga defense and made SweeL ...... RH ...... Ingram ence, the big back was there to stop 22 yards. On the last down a pass vValdorL...... F ...... Hunton the play. over the Gonzaga line was knocked Butch Meeker and Sweet shared down, and Gonzaga had the ball on COUGARS 17­ honors for Washington State in the her 20-yard line. Ingram was thrown THUNDERING HERD 12 backfield, both playing a hard and con­ for losses on two attempted end runs, sistent game. " Ox" Hansen and Park­ and then punted. The Cougar back­ Battling back and forth ·for an hour hill in the line nailed the opposing fi eld tried line plu:lges but could make in the most bitterly fought g ridiron backs for a loss more than once. nothing and Meeker tried a f:c1d goal struggle that has evel· been witnessed Bross and Ingram were the out­ from the 45-yard line which fell short. in the Southern California country, the standing Bulldog backfeld m en. Bross Gonzaga started down the field on little esteemed Washington State Cou­ played his last game against the Co u· passes and line bucks. The half end­ gars rounded up the "thundering herd" gar squad. while Ingram, who still has ed as Meeker intercepterl a pass on of Howard Jones and sent them off ' 61

• THE ALUMNUS 9 • the field with tails drooping, bewil­ Iy between the uprights from the 23 touchdown. Meeker added a point on dered at the 17-12 score. yard line for an additional three the try for goal. W.S.c., 7; U.S.c., O. The University of Southern Califor­ points. Taylor kicked to the vVashington 25 nia, conqueror of many southwestern \,yaldorf, repeating the exceptional yard line. The Cougars could make teams amI said by many sportsmen to showing he made against Gonzaga, no gain through the line and punted. be the strongest eleven in the west and was a running mate for Meeker. It The ball was returned 14 yards to the the biggest scoring machine in the was he who hooked the ball out of the Trojan 46 yard line by Laraneta. Ka­ United States, could not stand against air in the first minutes of play and er made nine yards through the line the rushing of the Cougar from East­ ran 50 yards just inside the line for a in three tries and Laraneta punted to ern vVashington. With the exception touchdown. In the last period Sweet State on her twelve yard mark. Meek· of the Trojan spasm for a short time passed to Parkhill who sprinted 35 el' and vValdorf canied the ball to the in the first and third periods, the yards for the winning points. Bendix, 2() yard line through the line and Washington State lineup was the ag­ at guard, played a stellar game and failing to gain further, Meeker kicked gressor throughout. broke through the Trojans forward out of bounds on his 45 yard line. In It was a ripping, slashing attack line continually to muss up plays. He hard and fast line bucks Kaer carried that the Cougars hurled at the south­ blocked Laranetas' punt on the U. S. the ball to the 21 yard line. W.S.c. ern line in the first few minutes of C. 20 yard iine that State recovered, called time out for a conference and play which resulted in the first touch­ making poss:ble Meeker's field goal. Taylor was sent in to replace Mitchell down of the game. From the first The Trojans showed their greatest on left end. whistle of the referee to the timers' flash of speed in the first period di­ Kaer made first down on State's 7­ last gun, V.,T. S. C. played a brand of rectly after W .S.C. scored her first yard mark. Laraneta made fiv e more football that sent thrill after thrill 7 points. They took the ball on State's to the two yard line. Kaer made one through the 20,000 spectators who had 46 yard line and with straight line more and Laraneta went over for the gatherell to see California win from plays drove the ball to their first touchdown. Drury failed to convert Washington State College, a team that touchdown. Drury failed in the try the try, giving W.S.c. a one point had won only a single conference game for the extra point. Again in the lead. W .S.c., 7; U.s.c., 6. this season. third quarter, the "Herd" broke Taylor kicked to Meeker who return­ After drubbing the University of through the Crimson line for a touch­ ed 27 yards to the 28 yard line. Sweet Idaho 51-7 earlier in the season, which down and again Drury failed at try made four yards on three bucks and in turn had beaten '0.'. S. C. by a for goal. Near the end of the game Meeker punted to Kaer who was single point, Coach Howard Jones fi­ 0. S. C. opened up with passes in a droppcd on his 28 yard line. Kaer gured on a good margin of points to tremendous d fort to stay defeat, but lost two yards but on the next play carry the pride of lower California the Cougars were not to be beaten in made it up by making six through the through another victory, but after center. Laraneta kicked to Washing­ ~ the last minute and most of the passes .. Coach Exendine's men had held his were knocked to the ground before ton's 25 yard line where the Cougars line and backs for downs more than they could do any harm. took the ball as the quarter ended. once and continually run around the Washington State made 8 first SECOND PERIOD ... ends and passed far over the Trojans downs for 214 yards gain and the Tro­ Thompson replaced E arle at left heads for long gains, he saw his easy jans heaped up 300 yards from 18 half. iV.S.C. could make no gains points fading into the far North. Even firsts. The Californians completed 12 through the line and Meeker punted to Drury, the U. S. C. candidate for All­ out of 18 attempted passes while the the southerner's 27 yard line where American back and noted throughout Cougars macle it three out of four. The Cook received. On the next try Cook the west as a line plunger, could make punts for both teams averaged about lost two yards on a try around no consistent headway against the 40 yards, \,yashington kicking 8 times end but Kaer made twelve on a line Cougar defense. Elliot, Cook and to California's twice. smash. Drury passed to Adams for Kaer were the best ground gainers The game was without penalties s;x. Cook made 18 yards throug h for the California layout. with the exception of four on \,y. S. C. ri ght tackle placing the ball on State's "Butch" Meeker, Washington totaling 20 yards. 45 yard line. State quarter, ca,ried the brunt of Drury made no g ain on a double the Crimson and Gray game both on FIRST PERIOD pass. Bet;tdix went in for Ahlskog at the offense and defense. He was at Washington State won the flip of left guard. Cook went throug h right the beginning or end of every play. the coin and elected to defend the west tackle for fiv e. Gustafson went in at Time and again he received punts goal with the sun at their backs which fullback for \Valdorf who was injured. when almost in the arms of the Cal­ gave Southern California the kick. Laraneta made first down through ifornia advancing ends and ran for Taylor kicked off to Meeker, W. S. C. ccnter, placing the ball on the Cougar gains. The first kickoff of the game quarterback, who gave the crowd their 35 yard line. Kramer mussed up the he ran back 46 yards making a way for first thrill of the game by running it next play, after time out had bee n the touchdown later when Kramer let back 46 yards to the middle of the taken by both sides, and threw Cook fly with a pass to Waldorf for a 50­ feld. After two line bucks that re­ for a loss. Drury made three yards yard gain and touchdown. Again in sulted in no gain Dill Kramer shot around end from a punt formation. the second half he ran a punt back 45 a short pass to \,yaldorf who ran Sweet intercepted a pass from Cook yards. In the second period, the lit­ 50 yards down the sidelin e and and it was State's ball on their 40 tle quarter sent the ball sailing square­ across the California g oal for the first yard line.

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S\\'ect madc five through on a fake to Laraneta. any squad this year, and showed all reverse play. Kramer made another After an exchange of punts the U. the way through that they deserved five , hut missell making yardage b:l; S. C. machine finally landed the ball at to win. inches. }Vleeker went through Idt a point from ",'hit-ll scoring was pos­ tackle for two yards. Pakhill made si ble and with line bucks Elliott went MANY SPORT CRITICS 1\\0 on a pass from Sweet. Parkhill over for the touchdown that put the LAUD COUGARS' WORK misscd the next pass from Sweet. Trojans in the lea·1 at the end of the Swcct made three through right guard. third quarter. Drury, however, failed When the pack of Cougars from Meeker tried a drop kick from the 46 to k:ck goal. Substitutions at this per­ Washington State drove the "Thun­ yard line but it went out of bounds on iod of the game \\ere made with ra­ dering Herd" of the U niversity of the Trojans eight yard mark. Drury pidity and the end of the period found Southern California for GO minutes of failed to gain on a run from punt the hall in the hands of the South­ terrific football, the echoes of the 17­ formatior.. Cook made two around erners in the center of the field . 12 score was heard around the states. r:ght end. FOURTH PERIOD The underdog of the Pac:fic Coast l3endix got through on the next play At the beginning of the third period conference, the second rater of the to block U.S.C.'s punt. The ball rolled Meeker intercepted a long pass from coast, had suddenly thrown off the out of bounds on the 20-yard line and Elliott and started the Cougars' march yoke of defeat and di scouragement and' \\as rccovered by Statc who brought to victory. This gave State the ball on trampled the overconfident Trojans, the ball into play there. Sweet failed her 33-yard line. By line bucks Meek­ the West's mightiest gridiron array, through the line. Kramer lost three er carried the ball to his 44 yard mark. into the sod of the sun kissed state. when he was thrown by Behrendt. From the 45 yard line Sweet passed The dailies all over the country were Here Meeker placed the ball between over the line to Parkhill, who had been loud in their praise of the Northerners the posts from the 23 yard line, mak­ almost forgotten by the Trojans and who traveled from winter to summer in g the score: W.S.c., 10 ; U.s.c., G. the flashy end eluded almost the entire to stage such a comeback. Even the Exley kicked off to Cook who ran California team to make the final crowd that witnessed the game cheered the ball back to his 35 yard line. Dils touchdown and winning score for for the Crimson and Gray line that went in for Crow at center and 'Martin Washington State. swept back and crumbled the walls ~ . ~ replaced Sweet at half. Drury passed A report from a Los Angeles cor­ of Troy. to Adams for 22 yards. Koenig re­ r'~ spo ndent says that the name of Californ:ans believe that "13 utch" placed Bill Kramer at half: Elliot re­ Parkhill will go down in history at W. Meeker is the biggest thing in a little placed Cook and his first pass was S. C. for the play that won the game. package that has ever bee n seen on :ntercepted by State on her 30 yard Surrounded by almost the entire Tro­ their gridiron. They also herald the line. Martin made two but was out jan team, he literally snatched the ball fact to the world of sport that any of bounds. Koenig made a yard on from thin air and turned defeat into team that can so quickly and decisive­ left guard. Gustafson made two over victory. ly stop four men of the all-Pacific con­ center. Koenig made a yard throug h Immediately after this play, Coach ference should be praised. center as the half ended. ExenJine called Meeker from the An extract from the Los A ngeles THIRD PERIOD field, and sent in Glann. The crowd Examiner says: "vVashington State Drury received Exley's kickoff and ,gave :Mceker a big ovation as he left outfought and outplayed the local team l'an to his 29 yard line. Kaer failed the field. and deserve the:r victory. They fought to gain on right end but made a yard During the last few minutes Elliott, off the Trojans' frantic attack to gain on the left wing the next play. State U. S. C. quarter, opened up with a ground with a determination that was ; lost five yards for offside. Cook re­ terrific attempt to out over one more a sight to behold. The Cougar line placed Kaer at quarter for U.S.c. H e touchdown. Many of his passes came held when the going was the hardest snaked a pass out of the air from close to being good, but the Trojan re­ and the forward passing of the visitors Drury for a gain of 24 yarus and on ceivers were too anxious and could not was the deciding factor in thei r fa­ the next play made four through cen­ hold the ball. One long heave, El­ vor. vVashington State may be the ter. On two more plunges Cook made liott to Drury, came so close to be­ weakest team in the conference but first down on vVash;ngton's 30 yard ing perfected that it was dangerous. they did not look it yesterday." line. Northerners called time to talk. Drury had the ball in h:s hands with The L. A. Times: "Brilliant to the Laraneta made eight in three tries almost a clear field but fumbled. The extreme the game was the most thrill­ through the line. State was offside game ended with the famous "thunder­ ing played in the Colisium this year again and in the next play Laraneta ing herd" still trying vainly to score or any other. Washington State ac­ fumbled where State took the ball on from the air. tually produced football that makes downs. Martin and Kramer both Several California papers have given Stanford and Washington look sick." made two through the line and Mar­ various accounts of the game but all A special article by Bill H enry in tin punted to Cook who got the ball \\'ere together in the fact that they the Los Angeles Times gave all the on his 35 ,yard line. In the next play, stated Vv. S. C. completely outplayed pra:se of victory' to the Northern boys. a lateral pass, Drury to Cook which and outfought their opponents. The "The Trojans were certainly a dis­ gain ed Lve yards, Drury was laid out northern team did not win by any appointment. They were outcharged but returned to the game. Cook and fluke or by getting the exceptional the entire game by the Cougars. The Laraneta carried the ball to first down. breaks of th e game. Th<;! Cougars held Cougar tackles continually spilled the The trojans made ten on a pass, Cook the line that has not been held by famous Brice Taylor on his ear and THE ALUMNUS 11

the ends took the rest of the inter­ that stampeded "The Thundering FOOTBALL MILEAGE ference. Somebody ought to name the Herd," one A. A. Exendine. Trojans the Piggly Wigglies, they The Washington State College foot­ have the goods but they don't deliver." COAST CONFERENCE ball team leads the Pacific Coast con­ The huddle system, used for the FOOTBALL STANDING ference in the number of .miles that first time by the Cougar squad after the team travels to play its games this only one practice, showed up to great The Pacific Coast conference foot­ season. advantage over the former method of ball season came to a' close when the The two trips to California and one getting s:gnals. O. A. C. Beavers were given a 28 to to Hawaii make up the biggest per­ centage of the 12,774 miles that the The following article is taken from o trouncing by the California Trojans. Cougars will cover. a letter written by George William­ The University of Washington is the The distances covered by conferenct; son, formerly' English instructor at only conference club to come through members are: Washington State and now at Po­ the season without meeting a defeat. 1925 1924 mona college: Washington played five coast confer­ W. S. C...... _._ ...... 12,774 4,030 ence teams and won all five contests, Yesterday was VI/. S. C. day in 7,288 4,520 thereby giving the Huskies the right Montana ...... Southern California. 6,530 732 to unfurl the Pacific Coast confere'lce Washington ...... Before the game the Cougars re­ Idaho ...... 5,554 5,812 pennant to the winds froin off the ceived polite notices or good-natured O. A. C...... _...... 5,196 2,108 shore of Lake Union. contempt. Now they are on the band­ U. S. C ...... 3,270 3,426 wagon, and the scribes are dragg:ng The winning of this year's confer­ Stanford ...... 2,874 2,642 out their biggest adjectives to de­ ence championship brings tile pennant California ...... _...... 2,578 1,846 back to a Washington school for the scribe the brilliance of the Cougar. Oregon .--_._---..---.. _-_ ...... 2,386 2,962 No triumph could be more complete first time since The 'Washington State Cougars had their great teams under thari that of Coach Exendine, "Butch" ALUMNI IN HAWAII "Lone Star" Dietz back in ' I 5 and Meeker and the dashing Cougars. BOOST FOR COUGARS I" Besides the usual handicaps of cli­ '17. mate and so on, the Cougars had a Stanford finished up in second place HONOLULU, Hawaii.-When the very trying under-dog attitude to con­ with one defeat chalked up against Washington State College Cougars quer before they could meet the great them and this was handed them by trot out on the Moiliili field gridiron ''Thundering Herd" on even terms. the Huskies. Had the famous U. of here New Year's day to meet the Uni­ How completely they conquered: The Southern California won over the Cou­ versity of Hawaii team they will be stands were soon amazingly pro-Cou­ gars in their tilt of two weeks back, cheered by a specially organized root­ gar. Such a friendly-enemy feeling the Trojans would have been tied for ing section composed of alumni from "'" grew up that the stands openly booed second place with Stanford. Stanford the majority of the educational insti­ an official decision that went against :s credited with having ruined the tutions of the Northwest. W. S. C. Trojans' chances by winning over them Washington State alumni have been Enthusiasm became hysterical when in the early part of the season. Dope­ working for the past several weeks to the dazzling play of the Cougars put sters have given the Trojans the cred­ organize for the game, and upon find­ over the winning touchdown. Fight it of having the stronger team and ing that there are only a few gradu­ and spectacular performance were too before the defeat handed to the South­ ates of the college in Hawaii, have much for local prejudice. All W. S. ern California school by Washington taken the suggestion offered by alumni C. shared in the glory of the ovation State, Southern California broke into of other schools, to put out a call for "Butch" Meeker got as he left the the headlines as one of the country's all boosters of the Cougars, especially game after that winning score. best teams. those who come fr0111 schools who Every sports writer in Los Angeles The Oregon Aggies were supposed have various relations with Washing­ is loud in praise of the rare judgment, to have been a strong contender for ton State. the excellent plays, the nifty defense, the coast title at the start of the sea­ The first get-together meeting was the quick fathoming of rival offensives, son but had to be contented with a called early in November and grad­ and the wise use of men under ad­ tie for third place with Southern Cal­ uates from the University of Wash­ verse conditions, that Coach Exendine ifornia. ington, Washington State, Vv'hitman. demonstrated in the Cougar attack, The final standings of the teams are University of Idaho, University of .. which beat the greatest passing team given as follows: Montana, Montana State College and on the Coast at their own game. This W L Pct. Oregon Agricultural College, were in praise is a long story, but it may be \Nash:ngton ...... , ..... 5 0 1.000 attendance and were enthusiastic in summed up in the headline, "Washing­ Stanford ...... 4 1 .800 promoting plans fo:' the reception ami ton State Stuns Sport World." Southern California ...... 3 2 .600 support of the Cougars. As one writer puts it, "Now the Oregon Aggies ...... 3 2 .600 The name of the boosters' club has state of Washington may rise on its California ...... 2 2 .500 been made "Hui Kokua, Kako, Moku­ hind legs and laugh out loud at South­ Washington State ...... 2 3 .400 aina 0 Wakinekona," meaning, when If ern California," but when it does W. Idaho ...... " ...... 2 3 .400 translated from the Hawaiian, "The S. C. should not forget the man who Montana ...... 1 4 .200 Boosters' Club for the State College gave the cunning to the Cougar pack Oregon ...... 0 5 .000 of Washington." Backers of the Uni­ 12 THE ALUMNUS versity of Hawaii tcam expect the lo­ fornia, Stanford, vVashington, U. S. c., Adams, U. S. C. cal griddcrs to beat thc Cougars. For Gonzaga and Montana players were Guttormsen, Washington two successive ycars thc university has given places. Schulmerich, O. A. C. won every game agaiust teams com­ Two all American players, Wilson Imlay, California posing the Honolulu senior football of Washington and Ncvers of Stan­ E. Tesreau, Washington league. ford, are in the Coast backfield, along Third Team. Last New Year's the Deans put a with Kelly of Montana as quarterback O'Rourke, St. Mary's good climax on a successful year by and Drury of U. S. C. at half. Nevers Hanson, W. S. C. defeating the University of Colorado is also named captain of the first team. Diehl, Idaho team, champions of the Rocky Moun­ Bonamy of Washington draws the Dussault, Gonzaga tain conference. The Colorado team position at the center of the line Gorrell, U. S. C. arrived in Honolulu with a record of through his exceptional and consistant Chisholm, S. Clara an uncrossed goal line for the season, passing and his offcnsive and defens­ Cutting, Washington and the Hawaii eleven sent them back ive game. Cravath of U. S. C. and Meeker, W. S. C. with the short end of a 13-0 score. Dussalt of Gonzaga rank on the sec­ Murphy, Stanford Due to its not bei ng in any colle­ ond and third selections, respectively. Lowell, C. of Idaho giate conference, players ate allowed Taylor of the Trojans and Carey of Strader, St. Mary's four years playing on thc Hawaii team. California are named for guards on The backfield, which has received the first squad. Taylor leads the con­ CONFERENCE MEETING much favorable comment from sports ference in that position. Adoption ot the In6 intcrcollegiatc writers of Coast cities, is composed of Dickerson of the Oregon Aggies and football schcdule was the main event Captai n Wise, a deadly passer, and a Erickson of Washington get the first of the meetin g of the conference heads. tricky open field runner; "Pump" berths at tackle although it is hard held at Seattlc la st week-end. Searle, a speedy line plunger officiat­ to pick any outstanding men in this The season op ~ n s with \'V. S. r. ing at fullback; Morse, who boosts position. Cyre of Gonzaga, Hanson of making its one a n,l only long trip (It punts for 75 yards at times, and Fer­ Washington State, Coltrin of Califor­ the scason whcn they go to pay their nandez, a heady end-skirter, who is nia and Chisholm of Santa Clara rate respect call to the "Once Kno\\-n probably the most dangerous back on next in the line for tackles. Shipkey Thundering H erd", at the Stadium, in the Hawaii eleven. of Stanford and Flaherty of Gonzaga Los Angeles. T he other games play­ A strong line is formed around are chosen for the wing positions. ed by Statc are the Montana game Cruickshank, lanky center, the most Guttormsen, Washington and Meek­ here, on the 16th of October; \ ,\,1 ash­ valuable man Hawaii has. Cruick­ cr of Washington State are the second ington at Scattle on the 23rd of Octob­ has been referred to as one of Ameri­ and third choices for quarter. Both er ; Idaho at Moscow on Novcmber 6: ca's greatest centers by sports critics of these men are exception field gen­ Oregon at PulIman on November 13 ; of San Francisco and Los Angeles crals and both play a strong game on and the season closes with Gonzaga ncwspapers. He is fast, heady, and the offense and defense. U n:versity on November 20. the strongcst defcnsive man on the Men receiving honorable mention This schedule gives the homc fans Dean lineup. are: L. Tesreau, Washington; Earl, a chance to see four out of the six Considering the iact that the Cou­ U. S. c.; Perrin of California; Jones, games played. This is more games gars have one hard game to play in Oregon; Ingram. Gonzaga; Jabs, Cal­ at homc than wc have had for several Honolulu before mee ting the Deans, ifornia; Boguc, Stanford; Waldorf, ycars. The games are arranged in they will have tough going to win. Washington State; and Sweet of Mon­ such a manncr so as to give the team As one vVashington State alumnus tana. a week's rest between each game. exprcsscd it recently : "If those fellows ALL PACIFIC GRID TEAM The confercncc meeting also decid ed will come down here with the idea of First Team. that neither coaches nor officials of a doing thei r best to win, I think they Flaherty, Gonzaga school represented in the Pacific stand a pretty good chance. But if Dickerson, O. A. C. Coast intercolleg iate athlctic confer­ they are merely after a nice trip, and Carey, California ence will be permitted to criticize the fall for our nice beaches, palms and Bonamy, Washington work of refcrecs in future games. moonlight, they might as well leave Taylor, U. S. C. T he only way in which a criticism their gridiron togs on the ship. Too Erickson, Washington of referees can bc made is by directing many mainland teams have never taken Shipkey, Stanford a statemcnt to the faculty athletic com­ Hawaii seriously, and they have suf­ Kelly, Montana mittee of the school conccrn ed. fered for it. Believe me, the Cougars Drury, U. S. C. Coaches and officials are spccifically have got to uncork their best brand of Wilson, Washington prohibited from criticizing the work of football if they want the news dis­ Nevers, Stanford the referees by public statements or patches in the nation's papers the fol­ Second Team. by private written communications to lowing morning to record a \,yashing­ Mautz, Oregon t he referees thcmselves. ton Stat, victory." Cyre, Gonzaga A committee is to be sc1ectcd to re­ Swan, Stanford port at the conference meeting in May ALL-COAST SELECTION Cravath, U. S. C. on the plan to appoint a commissioner I n a selection of the All-Pacific Wright, Washington or commissioncrs to selert officials for coast team for the 1925 season, Cali- Coltrin, California all conference gamcs. ..

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The confercncc mceting also voted against the allowing mcn frol1l thc in­ r--· ...... tercollcgiate confercnce to participatc Farmers, Hayse.~ds, Pumpkins, Squash! in post-scason games, other than the one held at Pasadcna on New Years W. A. C.'s the Stuff, By Gosh! Day. t The conference meeting also decided to divide the confcrence of the N orth­ Washington Agr:cultural College 10, to encourage their feJlow students on crn schools, in their baseball schedule. University of Idaho 0. to success. The W. A. C. boys, on The Univcrs:tics of vVashington, Ore­ No, dear readers, that wasn't this the other hand, were not deserted for gon, and thc Oregon Aggies will bc ycar, nor last, but it was 31 years ago, a large aggrcgation of students and known as the VV cstcrn Division and when the "W. A. C. Farmers" scorcd Pullman Citizens had accompanied the Universitics of Idaho, Montana a signal victory for their college in them to Moscow; nor were they at all and the Statc Collegc of Washington the first official game between the two backward in showing the:r faith in the will make up the Eastern Division. An institutions. Football was then in its college boys, for the tooting of horns cight game scries has becn made out infancy. Pa:d coaches were unknown, and the college yell of "W. A. C. hu­ for each divis:on and the winners of at least on the Pacific Coast, and vic­ rah! hu-rah! \V. A. C. hu-rah! hu-rah! their rcspective divl,ions will mcct in tory was more often the result of ru-rah! ru-rah! Washington, Wash­ a sCI'ics of three ga mcs for the cham­ brawn and muscle, with the necessary ington! rah! rah! rah!" continually p·onship. fighting spirit, than of intensive train­ filled the air. Game was called prompt­ This system will do a lot to cut ing under high salaried coaches and ly at 2:30 o'clock with F. Waite as down the cxpcnses of financing the the absorption of oodles of technical umpire, Chas. Thomas as referee and baseball season. Baseball is a losing football knowledge. VV. R. Buchanan of Moscow as lines­ proposition in most schools and many But coll ege and community sp:rit, in man. of the coas~ schools are trying to drop those days, was a thing to be reckoned The Pullman boys won the toss-up out of the ball league because of thc with, and when the news of that vic­ and chose the southwest goal. As the expcnses; but with the adoption of this tory over Idaho in the first official men lined up for the "kick-off" it was pl an the schools will be working for game between the two schools was observed that the Moscow men were a championship and although all the receiv ed on the campus of the then schools will not be able to meet each infant coll ege the II victorious gladia­ considerably heavier than their oppo­ other :t will givc thc diamond fans a tors were hailed as heroes and their ncnts, and a few express:ons of fear chance to see some of the games. names emblazoned 011 the tablets of as to the result of the game might Washington State. fame. have been heard among the adherents U nivcrsity of Southern Californ:a, The fol1owing account of the game of the Pullman boys. Pullman kicked Odobcr 9, Los Angelcs. was published in The Pul1man Herald the ball well into Moscow's territory, Universit y of Montana, October 16, of November 23, 1894, and w:lI be of and it was returned and "downcd" Pullman. interest to readers who have followed about the middle of the field. The ~ Univcrsity of VVashington, Octobcr the destini es of the college team mcn lined up in the following order 23, Seattle. through these many intervening for a scrimmage: years: Univcrsity of 1(laho, Novembcr 6, Pullman Moscow lvloscow. McCroskey LEnd Galloway University of Oregon, Novcmber 13, FUN AT FOOTBALL Chittenden L Tackle Pence Pullman. Kimel L Guard Howand Gonzaga University, Novcmber 2U, The Pink and Blue Wave Victoriously Lowden Center Hagbery Spokane. Over the Orange and White Clemens R Guard Parnell Savage R Tackle Kays FOURTEEN GAMES FOR The U. of I. Crack Footbal1 Team De·· Hardwick REnd Martin COUGAR HOOPSTERS feated by the W. A. C. Farmers Moore Q Back Mix jan. IS-Montana at Pullman. McReynolds L H Back Lieuallen 011 Saturday last eleven . sturdy jan. 16-S. A. A. C. at Pullman. Long R H Back Barnett "farmers" from the Washington State jan. 23-Gonzaga at Pullman. \V:nston Full Back Herbert J an. 27-0rcgon at Pullman. Agricultural Col1ege defeated a sim­ .. Jan. 29·-Gonzaga at Spokanc. ilar number of representatives of the After a few preliminary plays Mc­ Jan. 30-Montana at Missoula. Idaho State University in a well con­ Reynolds went through the line and Feb. 6-Washington at Seattle. tested game of football. scored the first "touch-down" in 13 )1;; j an. 8-0regon at Eugene. The game was played on the Mos­ minutes. Excitement reigned su­ Feh. 9-0. A. C. at Corvallis. cow base ball g rounds before a fair­ prcme: the Moscow girls forgot to h ·h. ll- \ Vhitman at \Vall a Walla. s ::rd audience, considering that it was smile, and the cheers of the VV. A. C. Feb. IS-Idaho at Pullman. Saturday and a busy day. The fair aggregation were dcafening. The ball Fcb. l'i-\,Vashington at Pullman. sex of the university were in full at­ was brought out and Long kicked Feb. 25-0. A. C. at Pullman. tcndance, and endeavored, with their "goal." Play was resumed and the March 2-Idaho at Moscow. winning smiles and cnthusiastic cheers, "half" ended with the ball in Mos­ 14 THE ALUMNL"S

cow's territory, and the score 6 to 0 ing-. It not only pays for itself but problem is to recognize the danger in favor of the "farmers." carries the major portion of the fi­ and to apply remedies, for so far no After ten minutes the men came out nancial burden of all the other sports. game has been devised that would be for the second half, and th:s time Mos­ It is a game of personal contact, which a satisfactory substitute. cow had the southwest goal. The ball appeals to the spectator as well as to If we look back over a longer pe­ was kicked into Pullman's territory the player. riod than the immediate past we can and downed near the center line. The To accommodate the ever increasing sec that progress has been made i" men lined up, and Pullman, after gain­ patronage huge stadia costing any­ football. The game itself has been ing twenty wards, sent Long around where from $100,000 to $2,000,000 hav(' developed from one of sheer force and left end and made the second "touch­ been built. Of course, these must be strength to one of quick wit and in­ down" in exactly six minutes. The paid for and since the public wants to telligence. Much of the danger has ball was brought out but Long failed be entertained and is willing and anx­ been eliminated. Time was when to kick goal on acocunt of the heavy ious to pay for such entertainment, coaches would go to the mines anti wind that was blowing. During the the colleges arc ready to furnish it. the lumber camps and recruit the big remainder of the half Moscow made I t is estimated that the publie spent men, fearless and hard as nails. All repeated attacks on their opponents' at least one-half million dollars last they needed in those days was weight line, but w:thout success, and time was year to see the California-Stanford and pugnacity. Today they must have called with the ball twenty yards from game. The gate was $300,000 ;n something besides brawn. In the firJt Pullman's goal line, and the W. A. round numbers. the rest was estimakd place they must attain to a certai,] C. were winners by a score of 10 to to cover transportation, etc. So with­ scholastic grade in order to be eligible. O. out a doubt. the game is popular. Ath­ Then they really need considerable The college students arc much elat­ letic authorities. however, have long mental capacity to master the game ed over their success but are practic­ since recognized a dangerous tendenc), as it is played today. ing all the harder for the coming game resulting from this popularity. Therefore, a much higher type of with Spokane, which is to be played \Vell-filled coffers always offer a men and students play the game to­ in that city on Thanksgiving day, and dangerous temptation. It is those day than played it 20 years ago. At they are sure to make a hard fight. who have such that can hide a good that time comparatively few athletes athlete in a camp all summer to keep were graduated. Very often they wer": J. F. BOHLER DISCUSSES him away from a rival, furnish him not even enrolled. I recall a visit to STATUS OF FOOTBALL w;th an automobile and supply him one of our old eastern institutions with a bank account, as President about 20 years ago. In one of th,,: "In tercollegiate Football" was ably Angell of Franklin & Marshall re­ large dormitory rooms I found six or discussed at the meeting of .the Ki­ ported. seven men who had just reported for wanis club of Pullman by J. F. Boh­ Needless to say, those instances are athletic duty to play against the team ler, veteran director of athletics at the the exception rather than the rule. A of which I was a member. After the State College. He said: more common practice is to take notes game they boarded the train the same Intercollegiate football seems to be for their tuition fee and other expenses as we did, to return to their respective on trial at present. So much of the and then forget to collect on the notes, homes and to the:r jobs in the mills undesirable has attached itself to the or for the alumni to provide athletic and in the shops. This was rather ,1 game in one way or another that ;ts scholarships. common practice. You understand, of fate as a college sport is somewhat In addition, of course, there is some­ course, that these men received a good unrertain in some institutions. For times a convenient surplus in some day's wage for their services. In this the most part these are as yet the athletic treasuries which can be doled respect we have taken a decided step smaller colleges, although presidents out to the needy and the useful. in advance. Today contestants must and professors in some of our larger I t is generally conceded that the not only be enrolled but must carry institutions have occasionally raised basis for this and many other evils a certain number of hours and must a faint voice of protest against exist­ that have crept into football is the de­ receive passing grades in this work. ing conditions. They did not seem to mand on the part of alumni to pro­ Today the majority of athelt~s are get much of a hearing at first. Quer:r duce winning teams. It is a demand. graduated. In fact, it is not uncom­ old fogies, and the general public dis­ If the coach does not produce a win­ mon to have them return for degrees missed them from their "minds. ner he 'is no good, no matter if his even after they arc no longer eligible But these protests steadily became :nfluence on the men be wholesome. for competition. louder and those uttering them more If he wins he stays, regardless of how The freshman rule has practically confident of a sympathetic hearing. he does it, or of the type of man he eliminated the tramp athlete. The until recently a "graduate manager," is. To win, of course, means material. one-year residence rule has made the one supposed to be on the inside, re·· Hence the scramble for men. In this stealing of athletes from rival instit11­ leased for publication a series o' connection there is probably much tions impracticable, for by such trans­ articles on the present football situa­ truth in what the graduate manager fers they lose a year of competition. tion, which made the general public and President Angell of Franklin & Teams that do not observe these rules sOt up anel take notice. Marshall have to say. Granted that are considered outlaws. Football, undoubtedly, is the most all they say be true, and that the im­ The game in itself has made steady popular of all college sports. Indeen, portance of football as an advertising progress, but the evils have been in­ it is the only one that is self-support- medium has been overemphasized, our jcted from the outside through the •

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demand for victory regardless of what give th eir B EST for the honor of the Out here in the west we have so the odds against the team are. Take institution they represent, but that's far been able to handle the situation for example the schools in our own all. rr their best is not good enough pretty well through our conferences. Coast conference. There is Montana to win, what is the justice in crab­ The same thing is true of the Big with its student body of about 1800, bing? Ten conference in the middle west perhaps three coaches, plays the Uni­ This demand for victory puts the and the other conferences throughout versity of Southern California w:th a coaches on the defensive. Co-workers the country, Schools which will nr>t student body of six or seven thousand censure authorities for the high sal­ live up to the eligibility rules are not and a staff of eight coaches. Montana aries paid them, but their professioTl admitted to the conference, and if alumni will no doubt expect a vieto,·y. 11111St be classed with the hazardous they are in, an effective method of The same thing is true with us and occupations. You will notice those discipline for infractions is to not find California. Is it really just that our that remain the longest in one institu­ a place on the schedule fo r them the alulllni should expect more than an tion arc the ones in the schools th:.t following year. That is more effec­ occasional victory over so formidable hy virtue of the;r size and resource.3, tive than protcsts. Schools not in con­ an opponent as CaUornia? Their net arc so far superior to those with whom ierences can be handled in that W:1y returns on the Stanford game alone they compcte that they rarely lose :l 1110 st easily. Schools who live up tu arc easily five times what we receive game, and those that coach in non­ the conference rules necd not consickr all season. Yet we have alumni who conference schools where eligibility ser:ously defeats by outlaw schools will wager year after year on a \V. rules are not strictly enforced. The and there arc many in stitutions which S. C. victory, when a close score :s re~t change more frequently, and will "'ill not play outlaws 'on their schd­ all that reasonably could be expected. CL ntinue to do so as long as the pres­ ule. Of course, victory is always hoped en t conditions prevail. So they take Faculty control of athletics is IllUC'l for, but anyone is fooli sh to bet on \\'hile the taking is good, a nel strive marc desirable than student or alumlli such a game unless he is a goo,l ;n every way to make an acceptahle control, in the opinion of many. A enough sport to really be willing '" showing, student body is not exactly the group give that money away. Giving coaches a percentage on t!le from whom to expect much in the wa? Right here I would like to say los­ gate is a practice in some of our ill­ of reform, the alulllni control usually :ng money on a game makes the loud­ stitutions, most generally in out-of­ follows a series of disastrous years, l st knockers. If we are real lover, conference schools, whieh may swell Alumn: themselves hire the coaches, of the sport we will discourage gam­ the income of the coach considerablv, and rustle the athIctes, their aim being bling on th e outcome of these con­ but certainly it is not for the best in­ a winning team. This may sound like tests. It is hard to lose a game, but terest of the game. fiction. Three years ago I was on to lose a sum of money in addition From a financ ;a l standpoint a win­ the campus of one of our larger eastern Illakes it just that much harder. ning team is a good investment be­ institutions looking for the office o f Just recently one of our alumni, whLl cause the winning teams are the ones the graduate manager. After repeated is a staunch supporter of our teams, that m ake the money. The tempta­ inquiries I finally found a student wh,) told me that he was so confident th:ll tion, therefore, is to have a winnin,; knew where ;t was and directed me ~o we can wIn fro111 Gonzaga this year team, not only for the coach who gets a downtown business block, miles that he had a lready placed three $:?;j a rake-off on the gate, but also for away from the campus. Athletics here bets on the outcome and is willing :0 th e athletic management which has \\erc controlled cntirely by the alumni. wager even more if he can find tak:· stadium bonds to retire. or must COI]­ [n al l probability there was no ac­ ers. Suppose we lose. \Vhat w:ll I>c stantly repleni sh its treasury to meet counti ng of funds made to the student his reacfon? \V ill he take his loss the ever increas:ng expense of puttin,:: body or to the college authorities. I graciously or will he start to knock a football team on the field , to say surmise that this information was regardless of conditions ? I think yOIl nothing of placing one there th.t i:; given to a comparatively small group will agree with me that he will be d iJetter than any or all of its OPPOllents. of alumni. Needless to say, this sys­ first class knocker rather than a boos'­ The National Collegiate Athletic 3S­ tem makes ;t easy to subsidize ath­ er, especially after he returns to his sociation has for years viewed with letics. office on .M onday morning and i,; more or less alarm the present ten­ . In another institut:on the alumni greeted by the taunts of h:s fellow oi· dency to over-emphasize the impor­ reccntly took athletic matters into th ~ i r rice workers, who may be graduat,,; tance of football, as well as the dan­ own hands when the showing th(! fro 111 other institutions. It is always gers whi ch accompany the ever in­ school made did not please. The risky to bet on a footl>all game. A crcas'ng gate receipts, but as long as coach's contract still had two yean; bad decision frol11 an oificial, an in­ the larger institutions do not take a to run, but hi s salary was paid and a jury to a stellar player, the inkrcep· definite stand for a change not much new man hired. This was a case in tion of a forward pass, or any other improvement can be expected, I fear. which the w:shes of the students wen; "break" is quite often a deciding factvr The large institutions set the pace and absolutely ignored. The coach got in in a contest. the smaller ones stretch every sinc\." bad with the newspaper m en, result­ Noone has a rigill to expect til e,c to ape them hecause the.v can't do any­ Ing in unfavorable publicity for the III<'n 0 11 th e I:eld to give their !\ Lf. thing else unless they drop the spar·t school and thl: tcalll. This rai sed tIl'; just 10 Illak e ';OIlIC easy 1110nev for altogether. This is the course so III': ire of the alulIlni, who demanded hi s the lellow \I'ho sits on 'the sid~lines. arc pursuing. That's not solvi ng the resignation, cven though his contract We have a right to expect them to problem, however, simply evading : .. still had two years to run. The coach 16 THE ALUMNUS

himself admits that the alumni paid opportl1nity to earn something or their ences, with sOllie national organization him hi s salary to step out. Of course, expenses. I hope by this method we to standardize regulations, offers a $24,000 was a small matter when the can turn out teams and men of who111 possibility or eliminating many ir­ president of this alumni athletic CO\11­ this institution need never be ashamed. regularities and of solving new prob­ mittee is reputed to be a millionaire. On the side, I'd like to give an il­ lems as they present themselves. Aft­ The students in this instance were for lustration to show that the general er all, a national conscience must bc the coach, but this had no weight. impression. however, seems to be that awakened in this matter. Conference Alumni interest is good but alumni athletic ability has commercial value. rulings and regulations, however, are control is often fraught with danger. I think the great majority of us, in­ of little value unless the athletic au­ There was a time when athletics cluding leading educators, want to thorities in the colleges will live up to were run for the benefit and pleasure save football as our greatest American the spirit as well as the letter of the of the students. This is still true in college game. Any change of policy, la w. Too many now study how to some cases, but in the majority of in­ however, must, I fear, be initiated by evade them and s(lI get by, rather stitutions the alumni now arc the con­ our larger and older institutions, for than to abide by them. trolling influence. This influence, they are the natural leaders. The I believe it is possible to save col­ however, is often helpful, especially smalIer institutions have comparative­ lege foothall by freeing it from the where they are in close touch and ly rttle influence and about the only degrading and demoralizing influence5 really understand the situation sym­ thing they can do is to discontinue the which now threaten it, but it cannot be pathetically. There are, however, in­ sport. Several have already substitut­ done by the practice of saying oll'~ stances of wealthy alumni using their ed an intramural program for an :n­ thing in conference sess:ons and doing influence and money to gratify their tercollegiate one without any ill ei­ another at home, but it must oe own ambitions for their alma mate;. fects as far as attendance, etc., is con­ brought about by a policy of open­ ness, honesty and co-operation. This In the Northwest the situation i~ cerned. Their interest in their intra­ entirely different. In the first place, mural work, however, is listless. Then, will require the courage of one's COII­ the schools are not old enough to have too, the larger and wealthier instit,.!­ victions. third generation alumni who have in­ tions are generally our worst offend­ herited wealth and are, therefore, will­ ers, and should they lead out, othp.rs ROBERT CAMPBELL ing to give it way for any such pur­ would readily fall into [ne. It is really Robert J. Campbell was born in pose. a difficult situation but I have faith Ohio, but moved to Kansas in boy­ In the next place, none of our in­ to believe that the game can be saved hood and lived there until he came to stitutions get gate receipts which per­ from disrepute. W. S. C. five years ago (next Sep­ mit "slush funds" for athletes. In fact, In the first place, since thcre is too tember) . we must guard our funds closely lest much cmphasis placed on victory, the He was educated in Wichita, Kan., we run into the red on current ex­ public must be cducated to appreciate hi gh school; got his bachelor's degree penses. We never hold out the prom­ that only one team ean win, and that in English at Northwestern Univer­ ise to a man that he can work his en­ ddeat is not nccessarily a di sgrace . sity and his master's degree at the tire way during the school year. If he Gambling is its worst enemy. It killed U ni versity of Colorado, where he did comes without any funds, we di,­ horse racing and will kill football un­ much work under George F. Reynolds, courage him from enrolling, advising le ss it is curbed. one of the foremost Shakespearean him to stay out a year to work. Our da:lies are over-emphasizi ng scholars in America. Neither do we give work to men the game by giving it too much pub­ After getting his B. A., Mr. Camp­ whose parents can support them. It li ci ty. It exaggerates its importance, bell went into business with father in is a well known fact that the majority creates a tenseness in followers of vVich:ta, but could not resist an carlier of athletes come from families who the teams, which in turn develops this call to teach school, and, after hi s are not economically independent an(l keen desire for victory and stimulatt's father's death, sold out his business that athletic ability has helped many the betting. and went back to school again. a man to an education. I feel that Coaches should be placed upon th ~ Mr. Campbell's star course is busi­ this can be done in a perfectly legiti­ same basis as any other member of ness English, which he enjoys teach­ mate way and as long as we expect the faculty and winning games should in g, because he says it ties him to t hl'm to earn what they get we are not be the determining factor of suc­ hi s bus:ness days, which he found far 1I0t violating amateur rules. '0/e cess. The development of good sports­ from unpleasant. never pay a man's transportation in manship and scholarship, high moral His hobbies are gardening and order to get him here, neither do we ideals and all the other elements that travel. Last summer he spent at make a bid for his services. Our talk·· enter into the making of true man­ Stanford and fell in love with it, so ing points are our institution, the hood should be given first considera­ much so that he intends to do further courses offered. its democratic spirit, tion. graduate work at that school. News­ and the low cost of living here as The department should be a depart­ paper work has been a bit of avoca­ compared with many other institu­ ment of the college like any other and tion for him, for during his years in tions. III my dealings with athletes I under strict faculty control, with th e \V:chita he was a fre([uent contributor have found vcry few men who de­ funds in charge of the college bursar, to the \Vichita Beacon and Eagle. mand anything unreasonable, or who iike all other college funds. •. But I found journali sm too strenu­ will realIy sell their services to the A more complete organization of ous," he said, "to suit me for the day's highest bidder. All they ask is an schools or institutions in to confer­ grind. I'd rather teach school." •

Directory of Local Alumni Associations

Spokane County Columbia County Grant County Pres.-Walter J. Robinson, '07, New Pres.-Loren F. Dumas, '16, Dayton. Pres.-Ira Evans, '15, Hartline. Madison Hotel, Spokane. V. P.-Holt Boone, ' 15, Dayton. V. P.-H. W. Reaugh, '08, NeppeJ. V. P.-Ross McElroy, '13, W. W. P. Sec.-Treas.-Lorraine Gard, Dayton. Sec.-Treas.-Philip Greisinger, '19, Co., Spokane. Wilson Creek. Sec.-Treas.-Waverly Lindsay, '23, 527 Stevens County 13th Ave., Spokane. Pres.-Geo. W. vVallace, '22, Colville. Puyallup City Chelan County V. P.­ Grover Graham, ' 11, Colville. Pres.-Harry Locklin, 'IS, Puyallup. Sec.-Treas.-Madge V. Witt, Colville. V. P.-George Campen, '15, Puyallup. Pres.-Fred Schroeder, '21, First Nat. Sec.-Treas.-Elma Zagelow, Puyallup. Bank Bldg., Wenatchee. King County North Central Idaho V. P.-Walter Horan, '25, Wenatchee. Pres.-V';alter Irvin e, '25, Seattle, Sec.-Roy Larsen, '17, 214 Federal Wash. Pres.-Mrs. E mma H ardwick Pogue, Bldg., Wenatchee. V. P.-Harry C. Weller, '23, 1601 E. Ahsahka, Idaho. Treas.-Mrs. R. E. Trimble, '07, 614 32nd, Seattle. V. P.-William Smith, '15, Clarkston. 1st St., Wenatchee. Sec.-Mrs. W. B. Laney, '21, 1234 Sec.-Treas.-Dorothy Day, '21, Clarks­ Kittitas County Lakeview Blvd., Seattle, \ ;Y ash. ton. Pres.-Dr. Jessie Barnhart, '18, El­ Treas.-Finch H aggard, '17, Home Portland, Oregon lensburg. Undertaking Parlors, Seattle. Pres.-Chester Reis, '20, care Gen. V. P.-Earl P. Cooke, '21, Ellensburg. Elec. Co., Portland, Ore. , , Sec.-Treas.-Fred D. Adams, '23. El­ Thurston County V. P .-Frank Douglas, '19, care U. of lensburg. Pres.-Forrest Beck, '21, Olympia. O. Medical School, Portland, Ore. Snohomish County V. P .-Helen Lauderdale, '18, Olym­ Sec.-Treas.-] un e Sanders, '22, 756 Pres.-Stanton Hall, '14, Commerce pia. Wasco St., Portland, Ore. Sec.-Treas.-Ralph A. Noerenberg, Pharmacy, Everett. California V. P .-Mrs. Ottar Thomle, '09, 606 '21, Olympia. Laurel Drive, Everett. Pres.-Chloris Anderson, '09, River­ Sec.-Treas.-c. R. Dobler Jr., '24, Yakima County side, Calif. 1325 Wetmore, Everett. Pres.-E. S. Lindley, '22, Yakima Re­ V. P.-Clarence Loomis, '24, Hough­ public, Yakima. ton-Miffin Co., San Francisco. Walla Walla County V. P.-Fred Prescott, '22, Bradburg Sec.-Treas.-vV. F. H ansen, '20, 324 Pres.-N. L. Lake, '12, 113 E. Alder Co., Yakima. 29th St., Oakland, Calif. St., Walla Walla. Sec.-Treas.- Agnes Scott, '22, Yakima. V. P.-Frank Lowden, '00, Walla Los Angeles, Calif. Walla Meat Co., Walla Walla., Pierce County P res.-Dora Price ] ones, Los Angeles, Sec.-Hazel Huffman, '20, Clark's P res.-R. J. Hill, '09, Roy. Calif. Book Store, Walla Walla. V. P.-A. M. Richardson, ' 11, 3401 V. P.-Richard Garrison, '23, Los An­ Treas.-Pal Clark, '02, Clark's Book No. 24th St., Tacoma. geles, Calif. Store, Walla Walla. Sec.-Treas.-Jessie Kirkland, '22, 1026 Sec.-Treas.-Vashti F enne, 101 Park Whatcom, Skagit, San Juan Counties No. Fife St., Tacoma. Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. Pres.-Frank Jenne, ' 11, Mt. Vernon. Wyoming Lewis County V. P.-Kingsley P easley, '14, Belling- Pres.-Paul Dupertuis, '16, Lingle, ham. Pres.-E. Lee Dunlap, '22, Pe Ell. Wyo. Sec.-Treas.-Fred Rockey, ' 15, Lyn­ V. P.-A. T. Flagg, '16, Chehalis. V. P.-Rena Duthie, ' 13, Casper, Wyo. den. Sec.-Treas.-Eleanor McIntosh, '22, Sec.-Treas.-Norma Tuson Dupertuis, Chehalis. Grays Harbor County '17, Lingle, Wyo. Pres.-Ivan Travis, '23, City Schools, Kitsap County Pennsylvania Hoquiam. Pres.-R. H . Davis, '14, Route 1, Pres.-Dr. Glen King, '18, 3405 Iowa, V. P.-Florence Highley, '23, High Charleston. Pittsburgh, Pa. School, Hoquiam. V. P .-Ernest Zimmerman, '23, 347 V. P .-Gertrude MacKay, 'OS, 729 Sec.-Treas.- Estelle Erickson, '25, 9th St., Bremerton. Aiken Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. Savings & Loan Assn., Aberdee!l. Sec.-Treas.-Elizabeth Williams, '23, Sec.-Treas.-Hank Loren, '20, Marine Pacific County 554 5th St., Bremerton. Dept., Westinghouse Electric Co., Pres.-E. C. Dudle, '11, South Bend. E. Pittsburgh, Pa. Lincoln County V. P.-Mrs. Lissa Rock Roessler, '12, New York South Bend. Pres.-L. D. Baker, '13, Davenport. Pres.-H. T. O'Neil, '23, 463 West St., Sec.-Treas.-Dorothy Wilson, '23, V. P .-c. J. Co oil, '12, Sprague. New York. .. Menlo. Sec.-Treas.-Mat Brislawn, '06, V. P.-Ted Clodius, '23, 39 E. 10th St., Sprague. Whatcom County New York. Pres.-Kingsley Peasley, '15, North­ Okanogan County Sec.-Treas.-Stella Wilson, ' 11, 64 Clark W., Brooklyn, N. Y. west Hdwe. Co., Bellingham. Pres.-Joe Miles, '15, Oroville. V. P .-Marvin Allyn, '16, Bellingham. V. P .-V:ctor Morgan, '17, Omak. Pittsburgh, Pa. Sec.-Treas.-Delia Keeler '12 Normal Sec.-Treas.-Irene E. Johnson, ex-'23, Sec.-Treas.-Miss Gertrude McKay, School, Bellingham.' , Carlton. '99, 729 Aiken Ave., Pittsburgh. ~...... ~------. i + ;+ ; of Washington i State College i i Founded and Maintained by the National Government and the T State of Washington I + College of Agriculture and Experiment Station. •i Farm Crops, Soils, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Husbandry, Poultry ! Husbandry, Horticulture, Landscape Gardening, Forestry, Agri­ ! cultural Engineering, Plant Pathology, Farm Management. 1 I College of Mechanic Arts and Engineering. t ! Architecture, Civil Engineering, Commercial Mechanical Engin- t ! eering, Electrical Engineering, Commercial Electrical Engineer- i ~ ing, Hydro-Electrical Engineering, Management Engineering, ! ! Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Physics. ~ t College of Sciences and Arts. ! + Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Botany, Zoology, English, ! ! Economic Science and History, Foreign Languages. ~ ! College of Home Economics. ! • ! t College of Veterinary Science. ! 1·· School of Mines and Geology. ,. .!' i Geology, Mining, Metallurgy, Metallography. ! t School of Education. t t School of Music and Fine Arts. t ! Music, Oral Expression, Dramatic Art, Fine Arts. ! School of Pharmacy. t, t! ! The Graduate School. 1 t Department of Military Science and Tactics. ! •! Department of Physical Education and Athletics. 1' 0 ~ The S'CImmer Session-(Six weeks). ! iT Short Courses from one to eight weeks, beginning early in January, !' ! are offered in Farming, Gas Tractors, Automobiles, and Home ! 1 Economics. t ! The Department of Elementary Science offers three-year vocational ! ! courses in agriculture, horticulture, mechanic and industrial arts, ! ~ commercial, and domestic economy, from which young men and + ! women can, if they desire, be admitted to the Freshman class of 1 ! the College. i i i + Address all inquirip.s to: Registrar, Pullman, Wash. + ~ . + ! ! I + + Extension Service, under the Smith-Lever Act, is in charge of the t t demonstration and correspondence work in Agriculture, Home ; I Economics, Boys' and Girls' Club Work, and County Work. Ad- + ! dress Director. t i The Division of General College Extension gives correspondence I 1 courses, o~ganiz.es exte!lsion classes, supp.lies lecturers and educa- t + tional motIOn picture films. Address Director. ! ; ! t MANY OF THE DEPARTMENTS PUBLISH SPECIAL BOOKLETS i !!...... -...... -...... :.t