The U.A.C. Alumni Quarterly, Vol. 3 No. 1, November 1926
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Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU Utah State Magazine Publications 11-1926 The U.A.C. Alumni Quarterly, Vol. 3 No. 1, November 1926 Utah State University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/utahstatemagazine Recommended Citation Utah State University, "The U.A.C. Alumni Quarterly, Vol. 3 No. 1, November 1926" (1926). Utah State Magazine. 27. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/utahstatemagazine/27 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Publications at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Utah State Magazine by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The U. A. C. A-LUMNI QUARTERLY Vol. III No. 1 November, 1926 PUBLISHED BY THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION UT AH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Logan, Utah • Entered as second class matter Seprember 18, 1925 at the posr office at Logan, Utah, under the act of March 3, 1879. The U. A. C. ALUMNI QUARTERLY PUBLISHED BY THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE UT AH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE Subscription Price g 1.00 a year. Vol. III NOVEMBER 19 2 6. No. I To All Former Students of the Utah Agricultural College. A fundamental trurh has at last found expression in action. It has long been recognized that the Alumni Association, consisting only of graduates, does not include all, or possibly not a majority, of the genuine Aggie supporters. The force of the non-graduate has always been felt in athletic events and not infrequently at Alumni and general institutional functions, both within and without the state. These men and women have often expressed a desire for a more fundamental contact with the old school. Furthermore, officials of local clubs and members of the active Alumni Association have realized the potential energy of the non-graduate division and have constantly urged the utilization of this latent force for effective service. It is the firm conviction of the writer and of by far the majority of the active alumni that the Alumni Association has great opportuni ty for service, service to the institution which it represents and to the educational interests of the people responsible for the College. Clearly, both fellowship and service can best be expressed by an activated spirit, augmented and intensified by the cooperative efforts of every loyal Aggie, whether graduate or non-graduate. This conviction was finally expressed in the unanimous action of the Alumni Association, June 4, 1926, in which the constitution was amended to include " all students who have been regularly enroll ed in the institution to associate membership in the Alumni Associa tion and to active membership in the local Alumni Clubs." The present active members of the Alumni Association, there fore, officially extends the hand of fellowship to all former students of the Utah Agricultural College with the full trust that such action will result in a greater Alumni, a greater College, and a much greater service to the people. Sincerely, B. L. Richards. President. An Aggie Thanksgiving!? The Utah aggies have an opportunity this year to establish an athletic record for the Rocky Mountain Conference. Should the Aggies win on Thanksgiving Day, the victory will bring the third major conference championship to Logan within a year. Last March the A . C. hoopsters crushed the Colorado Teachers in the playoff for the conference title, and the track team, after losing the State Championship to the University, came through in May with the conference track and fi eld championship at Denver. Now for the first time, the Utah-Aggie football game, always a classic, will decide another conference championship. This last championship is far from won, but win or lose, the present year has been agreat one for the Aggies. Important, too, is the ever increasing number of students who have participated in one form of sport or another. For the first time in history, three blue teams will trot on to Cummings Field on Thanksgiving Day. In football, the Aggies have come through the present season without defeat. After their first two unimpressive starts, they were passed up by nearly everyone including a great many friends as being a second division team. But just as they were being relegated to the second division. the boys brought home two important victories. They won from Denver University by a 7-3 score and the next Saturday, still on a foreign field, they eliminated the champion Colorado Aggies from the conference race by a score of 13-0. These two games show clearly, that once working well together, the Aggie team is hard not to crack. W e began the present season with the largest number of veterans in suits chat ever appeared at the start of a season on Adams Field; w e also faced several real difficulties. It took half the season to find a new quarterback on whom we could depend. F ive conference games away from home, and four of the games at least with teams who had a good chance for the title, might kill the team's chances any week end. Difficult though the early season was. the team worked hard and came through without a defeat and as a reward have a chance to fight for the championship. The University has a wonderful team this year. They have ruled favorites in every game and they have won each time without being greatly pressed. The present Ute team is one of the best that has ever represented the State University. The Aggies now have an equal chance and Thanksgiving is sure to be a great batcle. They. will be somewhat outweighed, but this is a common handicap for the Aggie teams. Cranney, regular center, will be out of the lineup due to an injury received in the last game, but our boys will fight all the harder on this account. The probable lineup for the Thanksgiving game is Gardner, center ; Gib bons and Saunders, guards ; Linford and Foxley, tackles ; Hamilton and Martidale on the wings ; Warburton, quarterback : with Captain Thomas and Gibbs at the halfback positions and Hawley at fullback. The U. A. C. ALUMNI QUARTERLY OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE UT AH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OFFICERS COUNCILORS R. O. Porter, ' 12 B. L. Richards, ' 13 , President Vere L. Martineau, '12 Franklin Riter, '07 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE W . D. Porter. '22 Lucile Jensen Cooley, '11 W. E. Thain; ' 14 . Sec.-T. William Peterson, '99 B. L. Richards, ' 13 Ray B. West, '04 D . Earle Robinson, '11 William Peterson, ' 9 9 Della Morrell, ' 13 Della Morrell, ' 13 George Stewart, ' 13 J . Morris Christensen, '2 1 A. Russell Croft, ' 20 John T . Caine Ill, '03 EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS Ray B. West, ' 04 W . E. Carroll, ' 09 S. G. Ricks, ' 05 C. N. Jensen, ' 08 A. E. Stratford, 'I I Sterling Harris, '24 E D I T 0 R I A L There is a period in the life of almost every individual when he readily deceives himself. Glitter is mistaken for gold, and self~ satisfaction for accomplishment. Most alumni members have been sufficiently exposed to the abrasions both of time and of experience to have their perceptions sharpened in this respect. Their hopes for the good old Agricultural College are rooted more deeply than in the burnished veneer of superficial publicity. They regret with Reverend Paul Jones that " college spirit is in most cases merely a lot of noise in student body meetings and a 'rough house' down at the B. Y . C." No alumnus of the institution would deny any undergraduate the thrill of a noise in student body meeting nor unstinted rejoicing after a football victory. That is well and good, so far as it goes. A mere nosing out of even the University in a football game and the glamor of a " no-school-today" celebration no longer passes to the thinking alumnus as an accomplishment of permanently intrinsic value. The " old grads" will all be at the game and will exult in victory or bear up in defeat equally with the present student body. Every one of them, however, has a deeper and more abiding interest in the welfare of the college. Each would welcome the chance to help the faculty and students put over some substantial achievement whose luster would not fade. Perhaps the one achievement that is most surely certain not to fade after thorough exposure to wear is sheer scholarship. Any actual advancement on the frontier of knowledge, whatever its nature or magnitude, is a contribution that will not dim with time. Herein lies the mission of the Experiment Station. Of similar importance is the passing on by the Extension Division of the application of hard won knowledge from all sources. Then, the faculty of the College proper will likewise achieve most by stirring in the souls of our youth this same spark of undiluted scholastic attainment. All this does not mean to lop off athletics. nor contests of any other sort, but it does mea n that every student of the college in former years now looks earnestly-and hopefully, too-for that vertebral strand of untarnished learning without which the growth of any school of the people falls short of legitimate expectation. It is a real pleasure to know that in several fields the College is producing new facts. As time goes on more will come. In whatever ways the Alumni Association may quicken the pace, in just that way can they aid in substantial accomplishment by their alma mater. ----10--- During the last few years all high-school work ar the College has completely disappeared and we have become strictly collegiate.