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II Statistics O f Wodd W ar Service IIUNIVERSITY of MINNESOTA

Killed in ActionLives lost

5398

Undergraduates in Service : 1350Alumni and Former Students in Service .. 2177Faculty in war work (military and administrative) 125

Total 3527Collegiate S.A.T.C.Vocational S.A.T.C.

Grand total, University of MinnesotaTotal

STATE OF MINNESOTANumber in ServiceLives lost

3252293161839710

118000*3500* '

* Estimated from incomplete compilations by Minnesota W ar Records Commission

Down thankful centuries they press- Then carve upon a silent skyThese dead at country's call; The prayer they surely give:For men they were, and would no less That we, who reap the victory,Than offer up their all. May learn like men to live.


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President Lotus D. Coffman


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The New Stadium-What and WhyBy LOTUS D. COFFMAN

President of the UniversityT HE SPLENDID MEMORIAL which we dedicate today commemorates the l ! n s t i n t e ~ s ~ r v i c : and sacrifice. of M i n n e s o t a ~ s who have given their hves In war for their country. It ISa monument to the University men and women who died, andalso.to all from this great state who made the final sacrifice . . Itis a memorial not only to those whose lives were part of theW orid War's cost, but to all Minnesotans, in that or otherwars, whose loyalty to the United States of America has beenexpressed in terms that are perfectly unmistakable.

To be wholly adequate as a memorial, the Stadium must .serve living generations effectively, besides preserving a realization of the gallantry of those who fell. It must contribute tothe maintenance of moral and physical standards in keepingwith the code of those it symbolizes. Their influence will ' becontinued in the benefits this structure brings to succeeding generations, just as their sacrifices have assured fo r the time beingthe safety of those who remain.The Stadium will make a tremenduous contribution toUniversity unity and spirit when it brings our thousands ofstudents together at a moment when they are inspired by acommon enthusiasm. It will contribute to Minnesota spiritin the state-wide as well as the campus-wide sense. But to fulfill its possibilities, it must be more than the arena for excitingand colorful games. It must contribute directly to the wellbeing of all the students in the University.This result will be obtained through the support of acampus-wide program of physical education and beneficial exercises such as will be made increasingly possible from the fundswhich this playing field is certain to produce. Football is notfor the few, although, in the last analysis, those who actuallytake part in the games are a small percentage of the male enrollment. With the Stadium ' an accomplished fact, the; time 'has come when we can increase the attention we pay to the physical training of every student. It is true that intercollegiateathletics are expensive. It is not necessary to defend them on theground that they make possible the larger program of physicaleducation and exercise for all. The fact is, however, whateverargument one employs, that the Stadium will make this largerprogram possible, and will in that way contribute directly tothe health and wholesomeness of every person who enrollsat the University of Minnesota.


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The New Home of Minnesota 's Major Sports

The University of Minnesota's StadiumThis airplane view of the new University of Minnesota Memorial Stadium was taken just a few days before the con-tractor pronounced the job complete. Th e open end is toward old Northrop Field. Th e curve at the fa r end towersabove Oak street. Th e Stadium has a seating capacity of 50,200. A quarter mile cinder track runs between the actual play-ing field and the foot of the structure. A description of the entire plant is to be found elsewhere in this booklet.


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A Speculat ion In Minnesota SpiritBy ALBERT S. MORSH

AL U M N I returning to the Home-coming in 1922 found a campusaflame with spirit. The successfulstadium-auditorium campaign in whichstudents and faculty subscribed $650,000"had just closed. On Northrop field, wherethousands assembled for the Gopher-Badgergame, huge, two-foot letters proclaimed thetidings. Everywhere there was talk ofMinnesota spirit and loyalty and every oldtimer sensed the change. I t was a gloriousawakening and the story of its accomplishment is one well worth repeating.I t wa s at a meeting of Minnesota alumniin May, 1921, that the idea of a futurestadium first ha d its inception. Representative Minnesotans from over the entireUnited States had assembled to witness theinauguration of Lotus D. Coffman as fifthpresident of their alma mater. The groupconsisted of men from every college andschool in the University. They had thebest interest of the institution at heart andrealized that the University of Minnesotawas handicapped due to inadequate athleticfacilities. The old armory, built in 1896,seated fewer persons than are now enrolledin the S. L. A. College. A financial depression, country-wide in its scope, had compelled a friendly legislature to cut downappropriations at a time when registrationwas leaping upward. Plainly it was timefor the army of graduates to come to theassistance of their school.

At the banquet following President Coffman's installation on lVIay 14, 1921, severalspeakers had talked enthusiastically of anew sports arena for Minnesota. Asspeaker after speaker held forth the possi-

bilities of such a project developed intospirited interest. Then Charles F. Keyes,president of the Alumni association, suddenly rose to his feet. In words that leftno doubt of their sincerity, he proposed thatfaculty, students and alumni pledge themselves to raise a $2,000,000 stadium-auditorium fund. Unanimous adoption of the resolution wa s the answer of the gathering.The first steps had been taken to place theUniversity of Minnesota on equal footingwith other Big Ten Colleges.A committee with Thomas F. Wallace,'93, at its head, and composed of the following men, was immediately appointed:William D. Mitchell '95, E. B. Pierce '04,John S. Pillsbury '00, George H. Partridge'79, N. Robert Ringdahl '09, F"red B. Snyder'82, Charles Sommers '90, Chas. F. Keyes'96, Charles G. Ireys '00, Douglass A. Fiske'91, Joseph Chapman '97, President L. D.Coffman, Dr. F. W. Braasch '03, James F.Bell '01, S. D. Andrews '96.During the summer of 1921 the committee drew up preliminary plans for the drivethat was to come as soon as conditionswould warrant. A list of every person thatever attended the University of Minnesota,wa s compiled. Removal of the N. P. trackswa s arranged and a location for the stadiumdiscussed.

The summer of 1922 brought with it arelaxation of the economic grip and Octoberwa s se t for the "kick-off" in the drive forfunds. I t wa s then that the GreaterUniversity Corporation was forrried withThomas F. Wallace as president. With theco-operation of campus and faculty assistants plans were speedily drawn. Thomas


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Phelps, a senior in the academic college, wasnamed as student chairman while Otto S.Zelner, assistant professor of engineering,was placed in charge of the faculty campaign. With the Minnesota Union servingas headquarters the basis of a thoroughpublicity campaign on the campus and outwas organized. William Bromowitz, formereditor in chief of the Minnesota Daily, wasselected to head the advertising group.

Under the leadership of Perry Moore oft h e L a wschool, an agregation 0 f100 four-minute men waspicked. These s p e a k e r scalled on allclasses as wellas upon everycampus club

and gathering,spreading thegospel of astadium-auditorium fo rMinnesota.F a c u l t ym e e t i n g s ,class gather-ings and mass convocations followed in theinterest of the project. Schools tried tooutdo one another in fostering devotion tothe idea of a 100 per cent response.

Lyman Pierce '92, an expert in directingla rge campaign funds, came back to hisalma mater on October 8, assuming fulldirection of the undertaking. With ThomasPhelps as helmsman, the 1500 were formed.Te am captains were appointed and personnel selected. Preparation for the mainassault came to an end on October 28, theday preceding the Min-nesota-Ohio game. Onthe following Mondaythe solicitation commenced. Boom afterboom on the French"75" announced thatanother and still another$25 ,000 had been promised. By Saturday, whenMinnesota football valiants battled with Wisconsin, the goal had beenattained. No Minnesota n who was present atthat game will ever forget the frenzied cheeringwhich greeted the an-

nouncement made between halves that the$500,000 goal ha d been passed and thatstudents and faculty had pledged a totalof $650,000. No alumnus present that daywill forget the thrill that came as herealized that struggling students and hardworking faculty had actually promised togive from their limited resources, a sumgreatly in excess of half a million dollars.N or did loyal alumni permit the challengeto go unheeded. In April a state-wide drive

among formerstudents andg r a d u a t e s ,swung in t 0m o t i o n . Atremendouspep fest wasagain stagedon the campusand on April,21, the Saturday precedingthe opening ofthe state campaign, 5 , 0 0 0

students leadby "Prexy"C o f f m a n ,wound theirn o i s y w aydowntown through the loop district and

back. I t was a verile manifestitation ofundying devotion to a cause well begun andit had the desired effect. Before a monthhad passed the accumulated pledges hadreached the imposing total of $1,600,000.The entire state knew, and the outsideworld realized, that the loyal army of devoted Minnesotans were a cohesive groupcapable of joint action when the test came.


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The Univers i ty ' sTHE University of Minnesota is espe-cially fortunate to have as an

auxilliary such an organization as theGreater University Corporation, the purpose of which is to do for the institution anumber of things it demonstrably needs bu tcannot do for itself nor ask from the publicat large as a direct contribution by thelegislature.

Every endowed college or university hasa large organized body of alumni on whomthe institu tion depends for ~ o s t of its support. Such a thing as state appropriationsar e unknown to a majority of the big,eastern institutions. That western statessaw the need for higher education and es-tablished state supported universities longbefore individual citizens had become ,wealthy enough to make large contributions,is wholly to their credit. A lasting assurance that the young men and women ofMinnesota will have an opportunity toacquire an education is found in the established policy of generous state support.

With the increase in wealth that has comeabout naturally as the state grew older andthe number of University graduates becamelarger, a group of the more interestedalumni awoke to the fact that they had anopportunity to do for their Alma Materthe same things that the alumni of easterninstitutions do, namely oi)tain for it throughdonations some of the necessary facilitiesand equipment that are needed in additionto the substantial but matter-of-fact supportthat a state legis-lature can give.They sa w thatwhile a legislaturew 0 u I d build alibrary, it mightbe incumbent uponthe alumni to builda stadium; thatwhile the stateco u I d constructbuildings for phys-ics, botany, or acollege of education, alumni mightr e s p 0 n d morequickly to anappeal for an auditorium , a campusth e a te r , or astudent a rt center.

This boo k l e t Thos. F. Wallace

Stronges t All ytells elsewhere of the factors that led thealumni to organize and try their hand firston a campaign to finance a stadium and anauditorium. This campaign has been carried to a successful conclusion; one of thestructures is being dedicated today and the:other is to be started as soon as enoughadditional pledge money has been paid in.

Thousands of Minnesota alumni havetaken part in the activities of the GreaterUniversity Corporation, whether as donors,members of campaign teams., or executiveworkers.

Thomas F. Wallace is at present thepresident of the Greater University Corporation. Charles G. Ireys is chairman ofits general executive committee, of whichother members, besides the president, ar eGeorge K. Belden, James Ford Eell, JosephChapman, President L. D. Coffman, Douglas Fiske, John M. Harrison, Charles F.Keyes, Horace C. Klein, Arnold C. Oss,John S. Pillsbury, Edward A. Purdy, JohnH. Ray, Jr., and Charles L. Sommers.E. B. Pierce, secretary of the GeneralAlumni Association, though he is no t amember of the executive committee, hasgiven much time and effort to the corporat ion'swork, and his co-operation has beeneffective in everything that it has undertaken. He has served as secretary to theexecutive committee since the organizationwa s launched.The Greater University Corporation hasyet to complete its 'stadium-auditorium task,

Chas. G.lreys

so talk of thethings it may dofor the Universityof Minnesota inthe future wouldseem at this timelike an unnecessary piling on ofduties. It sufficesto say that thisbody of l o y a lalumi has alreadyaccomplished som U C h splendidwork that it haswon a permanentplace for itself asth e institution'sm o s ~ v a l u a b l e auxiliary.


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The Stadium-Construction and DesignBy PROF. JAMES H. FORSYTHEA STADIUM has for its principal. purpose the provision of seats towhich a small or a la rge number of

spectators may find ready access and egressunder absolute control and from which eachindividual may secure the best possible viewof the action taking place in the arena enclosed by the seats. While the structuremay be used for other purposes they mustbe secondary to the prim ary purpose, andany arrangement of the ar eas for these purposes must be made after the primaryproblem has been solved. When, therefore,the Greater Minnesota Corporation decidedto build the MemorialStadium, it had to chosea _site, fix the seatingcapacity, and determinethe general form of thes t r u c t u r e before thearchitects and engineerscould proceed with thedesign. The site, afterconsideration of otherpossible sites, was chosenbecause of its accessibilityto the University community, which could makemany secondary uses ofthe structure, and onaccount of its convenientlocation in the two cities.

had been selected by the corporation asengin,eers for the work. To assist in developing the design personal visits to andstudies of the Stadia at H arvard, Yale ,Princeton, Ohio, Illinois, University ofPennsylvania and the City of Chicago, weremade.

The circulation to and from the seatswa s the first consideration. There arenecessary in a stadium three public lines ofcirculation, two horizontal and one vertical.One horizontal line must be outside of theline on which tickets are taken. The publicsidewalks and streets serve in this instance

and the building wa s located at a minimum of 35feet from the street curblines to avoid congestionof foot traffic. On e horizontalline must be withinthe stadium walls; in thisinstance it consists of a'concourse 20 feet wide,

The seating capacity,51 ,000 , wa s fixed by thesize of the site, the funds Prot F . ~ . ~ a n n

to be used also as anindoor c i n d e r runningtrack. The third line is avertical one communicating directly with the seatsand should open directlyfrom the concourse. Spectators going to their seatsmust go to separate sections and should reach apoint well up on the section and be distributed toavailable for building and the very definitelimitation imposed by the street access tothe structure with the corresponding problem of automobile and street ca r traffic.The U -shaped plan, instead of the horseshoe, or the bowl plan, wa s selected partly

because of the relation of the building tothe straight lines of University Avenue, bu tprincipally because the Athletic Departmentvery wisely wished to use the Stadium fortrack contests, as well as for football, andconsequently the straight-aways required anopen end.With these three limiting conditions decided, the design was developed in the officeof Frederick M. Mann, architect, by Mr.F. M. Mann , Mr. Roy C. Jones, Mr.LeonArnal and Mr. J. H. Forsythe, four members of the teaching staff of the Departmentof Architecture of the University. Theycollabor ated closely with the OsborneEngineering Company of Cleveland, which

their seats both down and up. Stairwaysor even complicated ramps are unsatisfactory for vertical circulation, and thereforeit was decided to sink the field level aboutseven feet below the surrounding street andconcourse level.

By this ' means the ramps to the portalson the stands proper could be started at theinside line of the concourse and run perpendicular to the concourse, at a 16 percent grade to the portals. The crowd,therefore, arrives on the stand high abovethe field level, without climbing stairwaysor changing direction, and may leave thestands without going onto the field. Thenext problem wa s the determination of thenumber of sections and portals . By a studyof actual conditions in other stadia , theatres,etc., it was decided that the stands shouldbe completely emptied in eight minutes bythirty portals, and ramps 5 ft. 6 in wide,each giving access to 1500-1800 seats.


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These are therefore spaced at approximatelyequal distances on the seat bank and locatedso as to have only slightly more rows ofseats above than below. Actual count inthe Stadium has shown that the preliminaryassumptions regarding time of emptying ofthe stands were correct to the fraction of aminute.

N ext came the problem of ticket takingwith its oontrol of the crowd on the linebetween the outer and inner lines of horizontal circulation. As fa r as the regularspacing of units would permit, the outerwall was pierced opposite the ramps byarched openings 8 feet in width, closedby sliding doors. Tickets are taken by twoticket takers standing back to back at removable railings in the center of the open-ing. The use of sliding doors at eachopening is a feature no t present in anyother stadium. The doors give better con-trol in case of a rush; they can be closed

is no t the minimum, or the maximum dis-tance found in other structures, so thateach ;;pectator now occupies a sp ace eighteenby twenty-six inches. To secure the seatingcapacity required , sixty-two rows of seatswere necessary. I t was determined to makethe actual seats of Redwood as the materialmost able to withstand the severe weatherconditions of this climate.

In addition to the actual handling of thecrowd to and from the seats it is of course.necessary to provide the team quarters at.the northwest end of the Stadium on thesame level as the playing field, i. e. sevenfeet below the street level, and provisionwas made under the stands for locker room,shower rooms, storeroom or uniforms,rubbing rooms, etc. An unusual featurewas introduced in this Stadium by the build-ing of a roofed dugout at the center of thestand, reached from the locker room bymeans of a passageway under the stand,which adds greatly to the convenience of

during the game if desired ;the railings used for tickettaking removed, so as to giveclear exits, and betweengames general access to thespace under the stands canbe prevented. This featuretoo has worked very well inpractice. On the major axisof the stand there has beenmade a wide processionalentrance to the field levelfor a marching column, pag-eants, etc. That everyonein the stand might be ableto see well , plays at everypart of the field, the deckwhich carries the seats ismade on a curve which isslight at the lower levels andrises sharply toward theback wall. This curve wa slaid out mathematically andthe different rises in the deckdeveloped from the curve.The distance of the seatsback to back wa s finally putat twenty-six inches, which

ALL KNOW HIM the players and coaches. Onthe opposite end of the standcorresponding locker room,were built for the visitingteam or for the use of trackathletes. It wa s felt thatthe location of the standmade advisable provision forthe use of the space underthe stand for. various athleticpurposes. Attempts to usethis space at other institutions has led to various diffi-culties, particularly th edivision of the space into iso-lated units hard to heat andto .control owing to thecirculation ramps to thestands passing through andbetween the rooms. In thedesign, therefore, the use ofspace under the stands hasbeen provided for by build-ing an entire floor on girdersfi fteen feet above the con-course level. This space isreached from stairways In

Fred w. Luehring (Continu ed Page 15 )Everyone on the campus has come to know Fred W . Luehring in the less than threeyears that he has been dir ector of the .department of physical education and athletics at

Minnesota. He is the head of the "new regime" in sports.. Mr. Luehring took his undergraduate work at Northwestern College, Naperville, Ill.,where he was captain of the football and track teams. Later he studied at Chic"ago.There he wa s a member of the water polo team and became an A ll-W estern guard inbasketball. Upon graduating, he became athletic director at Ripon College, going fromthere to Princeton, where from 1911 to 1920 he was associate director of physical educationand basketball coach. Interest in the West then took him back to the Universi'ty ofNebraska as director, from which position, after two years, he came to Minnesota.


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These Are Gopher LeadersTODAY'S game marks practically the close of the thirdyear of Minnesota football under the Spaulding system.

Inasmuch as this article had to be written the week be-fore the Wisconsin game, its historical value will be of theslightest, but it can be recorded at least that Spaulding'sthird team seemed to be on the highroad to a decidedlysuccessful season, which only injuries or demoralizationfrom some quite unexpected source could forestall.W. H. Spaulding, whom the fellers call Bill, came toMinnesota, in 1922, soon after F. W. Luehring resignedas director of athletics at Nebraska to take up similar

Headcoach W. H. Spaulding

N ATURAL football ability and a tre-mendous amount of perseverance andwork have been elements in the foot-ball success of Ted Cox, who captains theUniversity of Minnesota eleven in 1924.In high school, Cox, who attended St.Paul Central, was a star of whom muchwas predicted when once he should enterthe university. During his freshman year,his performances seemed to bear out every-thing that has been said of him, and hisassistance was counted on heavily when heturned out for the regular squad in the fallof 1922.I t was a keen disappointment to Gopherrooters to learn early that season that adislocated knee ha d laid this brawny new-comer on the shelf, but the fact was there,and that's all there was to it.

Came the next autumn. Cox turned outfor football again. Then Bill Spauldingdecided to try a little of his own medicine.He had a monumental brace constructed,nothing fancy, bu t durable, of good heavysteel, weighing a lot. Cox put this thingon and his troubles were over. He hasbeen a Gopher mainstay ever since and isnow captain.

duties here. Spaulding came here from theWestern State Normal, Kalamazoo lVlichi-igan, where his record as a coach had beenone of continuing success. Prior to thathe had played on and captained the cele-brated team of the "Little Giants" atWabash College, a squad which providedtough opposition for the best of them.

During Spaulding's first season here, Min-nesota beat Indiana and Ohio State, wastied by Northwestern on a fluke, then lostto Wisconsin, Iowa and Michigan. The 'next season, 1923, saw victories over North-western, and' Iowa in the conference, overNorth Dakota, Ames and the Haskell In-dians, among outside opponents, a scorelesstie with Wisconsin and a single defeat atthe hands of Michigan when Graham wa shurt.

Captain Ted Cox


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Notables of Minneso ta Ath l e t i c s

The Coaching StaffFront row, left to right: Leonard Frank, line coach; W . R. Smith, director of

intramural athletics; Fred W . Luehring, director of the department; Dr . L. J. Cooke,professor of hygiene; W . H. Spaulding, football coach; Sherman W . Finger, track andfreshman coach; Neils Thorpe, swimming; Mclntosh, freshmen. Back row: MajorL. R. Watrous, baseball; Campbell Dickson, assistant freshman coach; Emil Iverson ,-hocky and cross-country; Harold T. Taylor, basketball; Albert Baston, Minnesota AllAmerican and volunteer end coach; A1erton Dunnigan, former star, assistant line coach.

Committee On Intercollegiate AthleticsFront row, left to right: Dr. H. S. Diehl; E. B. Pierce, chairman, field secretary,

General Alumni Association; Albert J. Lobb, comptroller of the University ; Prof. JamesPaige. Back row, left to right: Dr. W . L. Boyd; Fred W . Luehring, director of athleticsand head of the department; Prof. Otto Zeiner; Dean Edward E. Nicholson. The alumnimembers , John Schuchknecht, John Hayden and Arnold Oss unfortunately were 'absentwhen the picture wa s taken.


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The ceremony of dedicating the Stadium will take place Imme-diately after the close of the f i r s ~ half.As soon as the players have left the field the University Band,commanded by Captain Michael Jalma, will march to the westend of the field, where a speakers' platform has been erectedand amplifiers installed.Thomas F. Wallace, president of the Greater University Corp-oration, will make the presentation address, turning over theStadium to the University of Minnesota, a gift from alumni,students, faculty merpbers, and friends of the institution.Hon. Fred B. Snyder, president of the Board of Regents, willspeak on behalf of the institution, accepting the gift of theStadium.The audience will Jom m as one verse of "America" is sung.

My country 'tis of thee,Sweet land of liberty,Of thee I sing.Land where my fathers died,Land of the Pilgrims' pride,From every mountain side,Let freedom ring.

Out of respect to those who have given to make the University of Minnesota's newStadium possible, you are urged to take this program with you. Please do no tleave it to clutter up the stands and runways.


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Some Highl ights of the PastBy GEORGE A. BARTONSports Editor The Minneapolis Tribune

I BELIEVE the tensest moment I everexperienced while covering footballgames during the twenty-one years thatI have written sports occurred as I watchedEd Rogers prepare to kick goal followingthe touchdown in that memorable strugglebetween Minnesota and Michigan at N orthrop Field on the afternoon of October 31,1903.

Forty-eight thousand eyes belonging totwenty-four thousand rabid football bugswere glued upon Minnesota's doughty captain and end as he made ready for thattry at a goal which meant so much to theGopher team and its followers. A heartbreaking defeat or a tie in the greatestgame ever played upon a western gridirondepended upon Rogers' trusty toe that afternoon. Imagine the situation. The twogreat teams had battled al l afternoon andthe players were in a state of exhaustion.Defeat had stared Minnesota in the faceuntil the final minutes of play when theGophers, by a superhuman effort, ha drushed the ball down the field and acrossMichigan's goal line, leaving the score sixto five , in favor of the Wolverines. Onepoint stood between Minnesota and a tie ordefeat. It wa s up to Rogers to make thatall-important point. Darkness had settleddown over the field and it was with difficulty that spectators could make out theforms of the players. With the ;;toicismand deliberateness characteristic of theIndian , Rogers carefully measured the distance between the ball held by a teammate

and the goal uprights. Then, three short,swift steps and tunk went Rogers' cleatedshoe against the ball and it sailed squarelybetween the uprights for the point that theMinnesota players and adherents ha dprayed for . The crowd rushed upon thefield and it wa s impossible for the officialsand policemen to clear the gridiron. Because of the darkness and the fact that lessthan sixty seconds remained to be played,C aptains Rogers and Redding agreed to callthe game.Speaking of field goal kickers, Minnesotaboasted of a star in this department of thegame in 1907 in the person of GeorgeCapron. Minnesota scored only 55 pointsin the five games played that season andCapron's trusty right foot wa s responsiblefor 44 of those points. He drop-kickedeleven goals in those five games and missedseveral more by the narrowest margin. Ona wet field that afforded a treacherousfooting, "Cape" negotiated th ree goalsagainst the Badgers. Capron's work in 1907placed him among the greatest field kickersof all time.I believe that the mO!it wonderful exhibition of football from a standpoint of perfectteamwork was that given by the Minnesotateam of 1911 against Chicago. TheGophers, captained by Earle Pickering,played perfect football and defeated theMaroons, 30 to O. Minnesota 's offense wa ssuperb and every play attempted was successful. 1

- Fr om th e 1925 C oph er

UIIIIIA Sketch of The Proposed Auditorium


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When Foo tba l l Was YoungFOOTBALL at the University of Minnesota first attracted public attention

46 years ago last month. Then it wa sabandoned in favor of quoits.In the issue of Oct . 30, 1878, about a yearafter The Ariel wa s established, we comeupon the initial reference to the great gamein which Minnesota has figured so prominently.The Ariel said: "Football has been the

all-absorbing amusement for the past twoweeks.' It went on to state that in a gamebetween the freshmen and sophomores,played October 12, 1878, the freshmen won.It seems rather quaint and humorous to usthat the Ariel suggested as a cause the factthat freshmen were more numerous thansophomores.

In the issue of November 3 of the sameyear, The Ariel bewailed the fact that,"For many good and bad reasons we haveat present no gymnasium exercise, nobaseball, no football nor cricket, archery or

any out of door sport except military ex-ercise."

When the tremendous difficulties whichthe earliest students at the University en-countered were considered, the presentStadium seems better than ever.

In the next copy of The Ariel we find thisterse announcement: "Quoits have suc-ceeded football."

A year passes, and the editors are saddened to note that the institution isathletically dead. They pregnantly inquire,"What kind of a shebang is this anyway?"They propose that someone start a rumpusand liven things up.

Stimulated by some potent force, perhapsthe cryptic editorials, the sophomores andjuniors jointly posted a challenge to al lother classes combined. The record showsthat the challenge was a c c e p t ~ d later, butthe last mention showed that the ball hadnot yet arrived, causing a postponement.

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The M inn e s o ta P l ay e r s

1 Matthews, 2 Captain Ted' Cox, 3 Abramson, 4 Cooper, 5 Gay, 6 Gross, 7 Wheeler, 8 Morris, 9 Just, 10 Graham, 11 Foote,12 Schutte, 13 Gordon, 14 Ascher, 15 Peplaw, 16 Lidberg, 17 Peterson, 18 Clapp, 19 Guzy, 20 Fisher, 21 Christgau, 22 MacDonald,

23 Catanzaro, 24 Swanbeck, 25 Rollitt. . (Pictures by University a/Minnesota News Service)


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The I I I i n 0 i s P l a y e r s

No . 1, left end, Muhl; 2, left tackle, Dick Hall; 3, left guard, Roy Miller; 4, center, Roberts; 5, right guard, Shively; 6, right tackle,lJrown; 7, right end, Rokusek (C); 8, quarter, Harry Hall; 9, right half, McIlwain; to. left half, Grange; 11, left half or quarter(ifll1i7Jall: 12. fullhark. Rritton . Upper riqht. Robert Zuppke, coach. (/';,111",' CoPyri,ahl,d. U n d e r 7 ~ o o d & Undrrwoodl


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1924 -The Minnesota Squad-1924NAME POSITION NUMBER WEIGHT TOWN

Ted Cox, Captain Tackle 42 210 St. PaulLouis Gross Tackle 34 195 MinneapolisHugh MacDonald Tackle 18 185 Billings, Mont.B. B. Allison Tackle 41 180 Fairmont, Minn.Chester Gay Guard 17 200 Moose LakeGeorge Abramson Guard 30 190 AuroraArthur Mulvey Guard 19 180 StillwaterPercy Clapp Guard 16 180 Roberts, Wis.Gordon Fisher Guard 31 180 Cavalier, N. D.Paul Bunker Tackle 13 178 Grantsburg, Wis.Roger Wheeler End 49 180 MinneapolisMark Matthews End 55 180 MinneapolisFred Just End 50 167 RapidanCharles Morris End 32 165 MinnellpolisJack Towler End 11 170 MinneapolisR. P. Williams End 56 160 Des Moines, la .Malcolm Graham Quarter 22 165 RochesterBill Foote Quarter 23 134 MinneapolisPete Guzy Quarter 36 127 MinneapolisEldon Mason a r t e r 33 151 MinneapolisCarl Lidberg Fullback 54 190 Red WingLloyd Peterson rullback 53 160 WillmarClarence Schutte Halfback 38 190 Aberdeen, S. D.Robert Peplaw Halfback 47 165 New Britain, Conn.Herman Ascher Halfback 36 170 MinneapolisJoe Gordon Halfback 35 162 MinneapolisEverett Van Duzee Halfback 44 167 Orchard LakeHerb Swanbeck Center 51 175 MinneapolisRufe Chrisgau Center 21 193 AustinConrad Cooper Center 52 185 Pierre, S. D.O. L. Snider Halfback 3 157 MankatoGlenn Borgendale End 166 MontevideoBill Gruenhagen Halfback 151 St. PaulG. R. Matchan Halfback 27 170 MinneapolisDana Bailey Guard 180 MinneapolisFrank Baumann End 180 MinneapolisA. R. Catanzaro Tackle 180 OwatonnaHenry Eliason Halfback 28 174 HowlandA. Mayer Guard 180 AlexandriaManning Rollitt Center 46 175 FaribaultN. C. Andrews Guard 185 St . CloudD. J. Sobolewski End 155 Ironwood, Mich.


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1924-The I I I . . Squad-1924n 0 1 SPLAYER POSITION NUMBER WEIGHT CLASS TOWN

G. T. Atwood Tackle 22 184 '27 RockfordW. S. Bodm;tn Guard 72 196 '26 BementE. T. Britton Fullback 80 210 '26 ElginC. A. Brown Tackle 62 180 '26 Cissna ParkC. B. Bussey Halfback 41 165 '26 Tyndall, S. D.H. J. Carr Fullback 71 '170 '26 CiceroB. R. Dancy Halfback 65 160 '27 ForrestF. D. Fisher Guard 49 180 '26 St. Louis, Mo.D. W. Follett End 85 160 '25 MaywoodR. P. Gallivan Halfback 75 155 '27 UrbanaH. E. Grange Halfback 77 170 '26 WheatonW. J. Green End 5 159 '27 RockfordH. A. Hall Back 17 160 '26 ChicagoR. L. Hall Tackle 52 210 '25 Logansport, Ind.C. N. Jenks Halfback 14 150 '26 ParisC. E. Kassel End 67 170 '27 Melrose ParkM. R. Leonard Halfback 89 185 '27 ForrestW. W. McIlwain Halfback 51 170 '25 Highland ParkR. A. Miller Guard 37 200 '25 UrbanaC. A. Muhl End 4 160 '25 Oskaloosa, la .C. J. Roberts Center 27 185 '25 Oskaloosa, la .F. E. Rokusek, (Capt.) End 81 170 '25 Omaha, Nebr.A. F. Schultz End 99 170 '26 GeneseoE. G. Schultz Halfback 46 168 '25 GeneseoB. A. Shields End 63 163 '27 QuincyB. A. Shively Guard 78 210 '27 OliverL. F. Slimmer Guard 66 190 '25 Millville, N. J.D. C. Speers Tackle 58 185 '25 PontiacL. J. Umnus Center 55 192 '25 Menominee, Mich.W. S. Wilson Tackle 40 180 '27 RockfordJ. F . Winkler End 3 159 '25 Chicago


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A Message toJ The Subscr ibersBy THOMAS F. WALLACE

PresidentGreater University CorPorationSUBSCRIBERS who have so generously and promptly fulfilled their promises are to be congratulated upon the results

which have been made possible through loyal co-operation.Had not payments been met with the same willingness and enthusiasm as pledges were made, the contract could not have beenle t last March, the work could never have been pushed tocompletion in the short space of eight months, and the Stadiumwould not be a reality today.

I f the next installment on pledges due in January is paid inpromptly, the Stadium can then be completely paid for and asurplus will be on hand as a nest egg for the Northrop Auditorium. Just when that structure can be commenced is still anopen question.

The greater number of pledges from students and facultywill not be fully due for three years, while those of alumni,former students and public subscribers, for the most part, extenduntil January, 1926.

After the Stadium is paid for in full, over a million dollarsin unliquidated pledges will remain for the Auditorium. I f construction of the Northrop Memorial is to commence before thefunds are completely paid in, the first problem will be to estimatethe amount which will be available for that structure. Thisestimate must be based upon past performances. A continuationof the present rate of payment during the coming year wouldallow plans to be drawn up for spending fully as much on theAuditorium as was spent on the Stadium. Authorities tell us,however, that an adequate structure will take a great deal more.

A hundred per cent payment of pledges when due will notonly hasten the date of construction of the second great memorial, but will allow plans to be drawn up to use the entiremillion dollars left in pledges.

Subscribers-the date of realization of the Northrop Auditorium, its size and quality are in your hands.

Keep up the fine response you have made thus far.


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The Program of , SPOTts for All"By W. R. SMITH

Director of Intramural AthleticsTHE aim of Intramural Athletics at theUniversity of Minnesota is to provideexercise and recreation in the form ofathletic competition for every man enrolledor connected with the University who is notat that season of the year engaged inathletics. Voluntary competition createsa greater interest, and is therefore morebeneficial than compulsory athletic classwork. There ar e over six thousand men,including faculty and students, connectedwith the University. About seven hundredmen were engaged last year in competitionfor varsity athletics. Varsity athletics in-clude football, basketball, baseball, track,swimming, crosf, tountry, hockey, gymnastics, wrestling, golf and tennis. The Intramural Department must therefore provideparticipation in competitive sports during al lseasons of the year for more than fivethousand students.N o o n e is barred from participation inintramural sports, except varsity lettermen and squad men from the sport in whichthey excel. There are no scholarship requirements other than that the student berequired to carry a minimum of ten hourswork per week. As long as he is permittedto continue his work in the University, hemay take part in intramural athletics.Whenever possible the formation of teamsand team play is encouraged. The studentsare divided into leagues such as fraternity,campus organization, boarding club, class,college, military unit, or any department,as units for team formation. In some ofthe sports like tennis, golf, cross country andthe like, tournaments or meets are held inwhich students compete for themselves.Students need no t belong to campus organizations in order to enter teams. I f a groupis interested in any particular sport, theyare asked to select a representative whobecomes a member of an athletic councilduring the period of this sport. A memberof the council is elected to the office ofstudent manager of that division for thesport in question. This manager co-operating with the director of intramural athleticsassists in making the schedule and conducting the seasons play.. To increase the interest in team competition, prizes such as cups,numerals, medals, or other awards may beoffered.N early every form of athletic activity isfo ::tered in order that the individual may

find recreation each season of the year inthat game he most enjoys. Most studentsprefer the team game rather than the sportwhich emphasizes individual activity. Basketball is one of the most popular intramural games . It does not require a greatamount of training nor the purchase of expensive equipment. It calls for teamworkand co-operation, and serves as an outletfor pent-up nervous energy.

Most people will agree that intramuralathletics will play a greater part for thegeneral improvement of the student bodythan any other movement. The morale andthe class room work of these students willbe greatly improved if they engage in areasonable amount of play. The individualwill be able to keep physically fit, and ifthe games are moderately indulged in, theywill serve to produce a clearer mind to prepare for those sports or battles of everydaylife in which the individual must competeafter leaving college. It is no t our objectto make of every student a highly trainedathlete, but to develop co-operation in com-petitive effort, and to instill respect for theofficials and the spirit of the rules. Thesegames should teach one to win or lose witha grace becoming to the highest type of man.Habits of clean living and clean play ar ealways worth cultivating. Good sportsmanship is developed, and what is practiced inplay is never forgotten.The new stadium will indirectly makeit possible for us to work towards our ideal.A large amount of money is necessary tocarryon intramural athletics which mustbe supplied Trom the income of varsity athletics. Many people criticize the fact thatwe spend so much time, energy and moneyon the few men composing our freshmanand varsity squads. These criticisms usually come from individuals who are not wellacquainted with the University situation.Whether they are right or w rong they willrealize that it is impossible for every studentto take part in varsity athletics. The restof the student body must look to the Intramural Department for expression of theirinstinctive competition and bodily activity.Our success in intramural athletics dependsupon the success of ou r varsity athletics.With the co-operation of faculty and students we hope to enroll every man on thecampus in some competitive game eachseason of the year.


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Recol lect ions by Dr. H. L. Williams(The following excerPts /rom an article by Dr.

H enr:v L. Williams , famous A-Iinnesota coach from1900 through 1921. are taken from' the sPecialfootball issue published by the Minnesota AlumniWeekly, November 11. 1914).

O N ARRIVING in Minneapolis in themiddle of August, 1900, my view ofNorthrop Field as it then was, wasanything but encouraging. A high, roughboard fence that wa s pointed out with prideas having been nailed up by the studentsthemselves surrounded a small field thatextended from the west end of the Armoryto the railroad tracks. Within this a gridiron ran parallel to Church street, at rightangles to the present field, and filled almostcompletely the enclosure.

Soft, sandy loam, bare of turf bu t wellsprinkled with weeds and sandburs, coveredthe surface of the ground. But a pair ofgoal posts at either end of the lo t and anarrow row of seats extending along thefence furnished evidence that this was theMinnesota football field.

Professor Fred S. ] ones, whose name isbound inseparably with the growth anddevelopment of Minnesota football, hadarranged for a practice camp at Woolnough's, Lake Minnetonka, and there onAugust 25, 1900, under the leadership ofBert Page as Captain, a small aggregationassembled that wa s to win the WesternChampionship for Minnesota and makethemselves memorable under the title of the"giants of the north."

That team of 1900 wa s not particularlyheavy, but every ma n on the first eleven wa ssix feet tall or more. The weights werenever given ou t and newspaper accountsestimated them high. For example, ] ohnnieFlynn as left guard stood six feet three anda half inches without his shoes and weighed183 pounds. The newspapers invariablyplaced him at about 220, but as this inspireda wholesome respect and saved " ]ohnnie"from many a hard attack on his position inthe line, we let it go by. Nevertheless,Minnesota beef became a by-word amongthe sport writers of that day, and for anumber of years the "Minnesota freighttrain" got scant credit for anything likequality in their football performances. The

Chicago writers were fond of pitting"Chicago brains" against "Minnesota beef"whenever these universities met, until thething became a matter of exasperation, andthe team was goaded into overwhelminglydefeating Chicago for three years in succes-sion, gaining thereafter for Minnesota fairand respectful consideration.

For several years after 1900 Minnesotacontinued to maintain a preliminary practicecamp for two weeks before the opening ofthe fall term.A wave of inter-collegiate athletic repression swept the colleges in the western con-ference at about this time, and for two yearsthe number of games wa s limited to five,

which afterwards wa s increased to seven.In the summer of 1903 through the efforts

of Professor ] ones, who now is dean ofYale University, the co-operation of Governor ] ohn S. Pillsbury and the generosityof his son, Alfred Pillsbury, a former Minnesota star player, Northrop Field was in-creased to about three times its previoussize and surrounded with a ten foot brickwall, which still stands.

Dr. Williams then went on to outline theneed for a better playing field at Minnesota,a lack which has now been met. He said:"Fine as it is, however the field does no t

meet the present football requirements ofthe University. No less than three completegridirons, in addition to the one on whichintercollegiate matches are played, shouldbe provided at the University of Minnesotaif the material for the University team is tohave proper facilities for development.Intramural football, also, must be givenencouragement and suitable accomodations .A new field with concrete stands and ampleacreage is a not unreasonable hope for thenear future. Minnesota has been usingone of the poorest college gymnasiums, inno wise in keeping with its needs or itsathletic accomplishments. This also mustbe supplied."


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-Snapshots of Four Impor tan t Points

President Coffman Breaks The Ground

The New Rises Towering Above The Old


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Th e S e a s on ' s La s t Oppon en t sBy B L I N K E Y H O R NNASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 15: Vanderbilt's eleven which Captain TuckKelley will lead into the Gopher

stadium on November 25, will be the firstCommodore machine ever to rumble intothe northwest. In times past Vandy cleatshave been in the Yale bowl, where fifteenyears ago the Bulldog was held to a scoreless tie, and at Annapolis, where a 6-6 deadlock was staged. Often Commodores havegone to Michigan, a year ago to suffer a 3to 0 defeat by reason of Blott's drop kick.But never have the Commodores burrowed so deep intothe great Northwest as Minneapolis.

I t will be a colorful machinewhich Vanderbilt will send.There is Lynn Bomar, chosenas All-American end byWalter Camp; "Hek" Wakefield, placed on another AllAmerican team at end andcalled by Fielding Yost theequal of any f1ankman whoever performed in the conference; "Gil" Reese, the f1eetfooted All-Southern halfback;Tom Ryan, never yet outkicked although twice he hasengaged in a toe duel withHarry Kipke; and CaptainKelly, an All-Southern guard.

"Nig" Waller at quarter is making hisdebut and Bomar had been shifted to a halfback role prior to his injury. Rives lastyear was rated as one of the best tacklesin the South; Kelly has always been a skillful diagnostician of opposing plays, andV anderbilt never had a defensive end whowas superior to "Hek" Wakefield.A year back, the Commodores were extremely weak in reserve strength, bu t thereis no such poverty in the present campaign.Kenneth Bryan has proven himself a verycapable guard. "Bob" Led

yard likewise has been ofvalue in substitute roles, andJim Stuart has shown finepotentially. Neil Cargile, whowon a place on WalterCamp's honor roll while at tending Ouichita College inArkansas, has proven a valuable reserve, his blockingbeing especially fine.

The Commodores h a v eproved themselves strong defensively, good blockers, andwell versed in fundamentals.They were weak against forward passes in their earlygames bu t have corrected thatdefect.

Bomar, Wakefield and Kellywill be playing their last engagement when they battlethe Spaulding pupils in whatwill be al l but their final

Lynn BomarA l l ~ A m e r i c a n End

Vanderbilt is coached by"Dan" l\1cGugin, a productof Michigan, where, withWillie Heston, Neil Snow andothers, he helped make the"point a minute team" celebrated. He is aided by twoVanderbilt stars of o ld -"Josh" Cody, who was a tackleppearance on a gridiron.

Vandy winds up its season here on Thanksgiving Day with Sewanee, a 30-year enemy.Those who delight in viewing poundage

in the line will have cause fo r glee when theCommodores come to Minneapolis. Fromwing to wing the Vandy line averagesbeyond 190 pounds , and save for two exceptions it is a frontal wall chuck full ofexperience. Jess Keene at center is a firstyear man, and Fred McKibbon on the otherflank is a sophomore.

of rare worth, and Hardage the backfieldtutor, who was one of the most brillianthalves who ever trod a southern gridiron.In the backfield the Commodores do notpossess the same rugged strength that exists in the line. Reese is light and Ryan isshort of the 175 pound mark. "Nig"Waller, quarter, barely passes the 150 mark.But Reese is one of the most elusive backsin al l Dixie football history. He is ghostlike and can ru n the ends as well. as si ftth rough the line.


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REX .VIVATHere's to old Northrop Field,Gray brick and green t u r f -Here's to remembranceO f scenes that are gone,Where we've heard bellowingPeals, like a wild surf,Roaring of IowayAnd "Wisconsin, On."

Years have passed swiftly by;Old Stars are gray now.Staunch cleats that onceTore the sod are worn low.Here's to the new era:On, Minnesota!Win, as the Stadium echoes,"Let' s go."

(Min neaPo li s Journal Ph oto )Can You Name These Former Minnesota Stars?


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The "Playing Field" In the StadiumBy PROF. OTTO S. ZELNER

SEVERAL qualities were desired in thenew football field, among the more im-portant being: first, a surface thatwould have no t only a beautiful appearancebu t that would also stand the effect of manyhard games each season; second, a surfacefree from irregularities and with sufficientslope to carry off excess water from excep-tional rains; third, a soil that would retainsufficient moisture for good growing con-ditions and at the same time possess a gooddegree of fertility; fourth, a field that wouldbecome muddy only under the most tryingcircumstances.

With these and other objects in mind thecommittee on grounds made a study of ex-isting soil conditions as to fertility, drain-age, rain fall, absorbing capacity, etc. Fromborings made at frequent intervals over thesite of the new field it was learned that theentire area was underlaid with sand andgravel, into which moisture would flow veryrapidly, so rapidly in fact that it would bedifficult to maintain good growing condi-tions.

I t was early deemed advisable to providea soil in some form that would retain suffi-cient moisture to promote the growth of thegrass on the field without too extensivesprinkling. To do this it was planned toexcavate a considerable distance below thefinished surface of the field and lay in ablanket of clay of sufficient thickness tohold the necessary moisture and make itavailable for plant growth. During thewinter and early spring, samples of clays,loam and sandy loams were submitted toDr. F . J. Alway, chief _of the division ofsoils in the College of Agriculture, and Dr.C. O. Rost, assistant professor of soils, inorder that the best available material shouldbe obtained. At the same time miniatureexperimental football fields were construc-ted, using various combinations of clay,loam, and sandy loam, and these fields weresubjected to artificial rain falls in excess ofany rain falls recorded during any footballseason for the past twenty years.

As the result of these experiments and bythe advice of Drs. Alway and Rost, thefield was excavated to eighteen inches belowthe proposed finished surface and a twelveinch blanket of clay, free from impurities,compacted in position. Over this clay layera four inch layer of rich, black loam wa s

rolled into position, and over this loam asa top dressing, a loose two inch layer ofsandy loam taken from nearby gardens wasplaced. The surface was graded to the arcof a circle, twelve inches higher on thecenter line of the field than at the side lines.

Keeping pace with the problem of soilswas the study of the best method of provid-ing an actual playing surface that wouldat once be pleasing to the eye, fast for theplayers, tough enough to resist the tearingeffect of the player's cleats, easily kept incondition, and practically never muddy. Thechoice was between sodding or some form ofgrass grown in place. The sodding possibil-ity was early abandoned.

Consultations were held with local ex-perts on grasses, particularly grounds keep-ers of various golf courses and nursery men.

A particularly valuable consultation washad with Dr. Oakley of the United Statesdepartment of soils who has made an in-tensive study of grasses suitable for golfgreen turf, and who strongly advised thesowing of creeping bent as the best grass inhis knowledge for surfacing a football field.This advice from Dr. Oakley, whichstrengthened opinions which ha d previouslybeen gained, swung the decision to creepingbent. Owing to the fact that delivery oncreeping bent stolons would necessarily bedelayed until about July 1st, the field wasfirst seeded to grass as soon as the surfacewas prepared. The seeding wa s completedMay 28, and work started truing up thesurface and eliminating weeds. Deliveryof creeping bent was secured from thenursery of Mr. Earl Barrows early in Julyand the planting by the vegetative methodwas completed July 19.

This grass has made very rapid progressand is standing up very well except in frOntof the goal posts where it suffers muchabuse. From the progress it has made itis evident that the bent grass will takecomplete possession of the field, crowdingou t the early seeded grasses, before thesummer of 1925 is fa r advanced, and wefeel that the University can be assured of abeautiful as well as strong and fast playingfield.

Members of the grounds committee arethe comptroller, A. J. Lobb, Director FredW. Luehring, and myself.


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The S tuden t Stad lum CampaignBy TOM PHELPS

Director of the Student CamPaignMinnesotans today see dreams come true.Two years ago this month some 8,000 ofus on the campus dreamed of a great ath- 'letic field for the University, equipped toattract every student to take an active partin some sport, large enough to provide acommon meeting place for alumni andfriends of the University, returning, manyof them, only for a few hours each year."Bud" Bohnen, rooter king, woke us ou tof that dream with his "Up, up, up,stadium!" and in four days the campus

pledged $665,000-for a greater Minnesota.Hardly had the last "Boom, boom, stadioom!" died away when alumni were atwork, carrying the project to a successfulconclusion.From the outset, no one failed the stadium. The students-giving no t out oftheir surplus in most instances, but ou t offunds which each normally would spend infinishing his education-pledged more than$60 apiece. They hung 100 per cent bannerson every house on the campus, and playedDavid and Goliath with their quota of

$500,000. Each worker ha d a maroon andgold button. "I am one of the 1500", andliteraUy lived up to the slogan, "Wear 'emon your pajamas." Committees met atbreakfast. The whole 1,500 met at luncheon. A cannon boomed every time the totalwent up another $25,000. Andrew Gump,now caboose candidate for president, cameou t 100 per cent for the stadium-auditorium.Prexy Coffman stumped for the campaign.By the time the clean-up squad was through,the list of subscribers looked like the uni-versity directory itself. From start to finishthe campaign was over in a month.

Slumbering campus spirit wakened againwith the start of the alumni drive sixmonths later, when nearly 8,000 studentsstormed downtown Minneapolis on foot, toshow their enthusiasm once more for theproject the alumni were being asked tosupport.In nearly three quarters of a century ofsplendid history, Minnesota had asked nothing from the sons and daughters she hadprepared for the battles of life. When at

last they saw he r needs, they did no t failher.

Today we dedicate to Minnesota's soldierdead the first of our great gifts to ouralma mater. The stadium is a monumentto the memory of gold star heroes, but ismore than that. I t is for the living. Itsvastness glorifies heroes of the gridiron, th,:few, bu t makes possible a constantly growing program of athletics for the many. Be-neath its eighteen miles of seats is spacefor offices, indoor running tracks and handball courts, to be developed out of increasedreceipts from major athletic contests. Thestadium is the heart of the greater Minnesota's athletic plant and prqgram of thefuture. In its dedication Minnesotans seea great dream for the University formallyrealized. In the trebled thousands drawnhere today in large measure by the greathorseshoe and the assurance it gives of roomfor all, there is promise of an ultimatelyeven greater service-a strengthening of thebond between the university and its alumniand friends, to the benefit of all throughoutthe years.

Tom Phelps


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The Good Old Minneso ta

Hail, MinnesotaMinnesota, hail to thee!

Hail to thee, our College dear!Thy light shall ever be

A beacon bright and clear;Thy sons and daughters true

Will proclaim thee near and far;They will guard thy fame

And adore thy name;Thou shalt be their Northern Star.

Like the stream that bends to sea,Like the pine that seeks the blue,

Minnesota, still for thee,Thy sons are strong and true.

From thy woods and waters fair,From thy prairies waving far,

At thy call they throng,With their shout and song,

Hailing thee, their Northern Star.

Minnesota RouserMinnesota, hats off to thee;To ou r colors true we shall ever be.Firm and strong, united are weRah Rah Rah Ski-U-MahRah Rah Rah,Ra h for the U. of M.

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P ro g ram 0 t e sU NIVERSITY of Minnesota footb,allwas played first on the campus

Parade Ground, then on the old ballfield on Park avenue, later on a field behindthe West hotel, and after that, on the firstNorthrop Field, which paralleled Churchstreet beside the Armory. The direction ofthis field was reversed when the brick fencewas given in 1903 by Alfred Pillsbury.The Stadium field is the fifth on whichMinnesota teams have played since 1888.

Atlaboy, Marty!A LFRED Pillsbury brought the firstn football, meaning the actual ball , tothe University of Minnesota, in 1886.There are no records to show that he tookit and went home if tackled too roughly.The team used the ball all fall.

Block That KickTHE University of Minnesota's firstappropriation for football was one of$70 to put the field in condition. Football fans charged that some of the moneywas used to outfit the baseball team. Thefootball players bought their own uniformsand paid their own carfare if they wentout of town to play. There was no collec-tion to send the band.

Hold 'EmPRESIDENT L. D. Coffman used to, coach football, basketball and trackteams for an Indiana high school ofwhich he w as principal. He went out forfootball at Indi ,ma University as a quarterback. Prexy tells on himself the story of hisefforts to round a two miler into shape fora track meet. The boy lived four miles outof town. He trained by running to schooleach day behind the horse and buggy, drivenby his sister, in which he had been accus-tomed to ride. When the track meet cameoff this chap won the two miles easily, butthey couldn't stop him. He was so used torunning four miles that he had to get itoff his chest before he would sit down.Governor Preus and F . B. Snyder will nowtell one.

Touchdown ., Minn esotaD R. ,William J. Mayo, a regent of theUniversity of Minnesota, said re-cently that it was nearly thirty yearssince he had seen a football game. Askedif he wished to be quoted to that effect,he said no. He has ordered some ticketsthis fall.

Second down, seven to go

SPEAKING of regents, Dr . Emil Boek-mann of St. Paul, a member of theboard of regents, knows a thing or twoabout football at Minnesota. As the manwho made the celebrated touchdown in the6 to 6 game against Michigan-THE game-h e was very much at the heart of themost celebrated play ever made by anyMinnesota team.

Off SideJOHN Hayden of Minneapolis, now amember of the committee on intercol-legiate athletics, was a member of Minnesota's first football team. Anothermember was Prof. J. Paul Goode, nowof the University of Chicago, whose con-tacts with the earth inspired him to becomeone of the most famous of the geographers.

Out of BoundsSTUDENTS have been slow to decidewho shall take the places of ColonelLee, peerless "character" at Minnesotagames, and of Isaac Kaufmann, leadingfootball enthusiast, now that both haveanswered rollcall. Frank Tozer, BillSpaulding's next-door neighbor, is in thelists to succeed "Ikie ," but has not yet beenfinally sanctioned.

T ouchdown , Millnesota!THE Greater University Corporationcheated the Psi U fraternity out of aprerogative when they selected the stadium site. It's harder to see games fromthe roof of the frat. house now, but thereal point is that they can't push dummiesoff the roof and give the south stands athrill, "Did YOU see that man fall?"Time OutJOHNNIE Getchell, assistant to CharlieJohnson as sports editor of The Star,has his Scribes football team whippedinto shape for a meeting with the WesternUnion operators. With Ed Walker of The

Journal, George Barton and Hubert Dustinof the Tribune, Dick Cullum and Mcintireof the Dispatch , and Ed Shave of the St.Paul Daily News, Getchell claims to havethe fastest talking outfit in the conference.They are going to trick the wire teasersin the big holiday game by throwing thefootball over the fence and running a cross-country match instead. Bill Bromowitz of


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the Associated Press is manager and coach.Ted Waldor has charge of mail orderticket sales. Sandy McDonald of theDuluth Herald will referee.

WhistleJHN M. Harrison, Minneapolis alumnus can't wear garters. He had a sandbur' imbedded in his shin at just the pointwhere no metal would touch him. Hepreserves the bu r for sentimental reasons,like a Scotchman in Australia.Fourth and TenTHAT last touch of luxury, a glassed-inpressbox, never materialized in the new

stadium. Just before the glass wentin some bright soul happened to think thateach writer would need a windshield wiperin case of rain or sleet.Fourth and Twenty

Out where the green grass should be stillgreener,Out where the clean field should be a littlecleaner,Out where a weed grew (b'gosh, he seenher)That's where Old Joe begins.

Illinois' BallTip to scouts: The Minnesota p l a y ~ r s

are the ones with Maroon Jerseys and whitenumbers on their backs.

Penalty. ClippingDid you know that:

Nellie Metcalf pronounced his name withthe accent on the "Met?"

Bill Spaulding had time to sell insurancewhen he coached Kalamazoo?

Emil Iverson is a knockout in livingstatues?

Len Frank's horseradish will put the pepinto any line?O sca r captured the L-B-J?Sherm Finger used to be fullback onWalter Eckersall's team?Doc. Cooke wore a mustache when hepitched for the University of Vermont?E. B. Pierce wa s a pole vaulter in under

graduate days?Doc. Harding of Chemistry wa s one ofthe heaviest men who ever played at

Minnesota?Prof. Fred Mann, architect of the stadium, won an "M " in football back inthe "good old days?"A bonfire was built to thaw out theground before Prexy Coffman could

"break" it for the stadium?Ed Purdy, treasurer of the G.U.C., wasofficially called a "bird of a postmaster"by the United States government and

would have been knighted if Minneapolis had been in Europe at the time?Well, you do now, if you believe it all.

T . E. S.Shrocket!

P. S.-Minnesota has not played RushMedical College since 1898. It won thatgame 12 to O.

P. P. S. - In 1895 the Gophers beat theSt. Paul Boat Club 6 to O.-Wh i s t le -

This Program PrePared byT. E. STEWARDUniversity of Minnesota News Service

Produced byBYRON & LEARNED COMPANY

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