The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-02-03
A VARSITY HOBO CLUB
DOrsett Y. Graves, Former Idaho VAR
sity Football Star, a Member.

sity Football Star, Member.
An article in Literary Digest fol
January "a entitled "A Varsity Hobo
Club" is given in part below. 1t vii
be read with greater interest by those
who recognize in one of the members
Dorsett V. Graves, former student
at the University of Idaho.
During the season of 1910-191l the
position of halfback and later of tao
kle on the Idaho University eleven
was played by man who was known
by name of Dorset. 1t transpired later
that his presence on the team was
matter for apology before the north
west conference because it had trans
pired that his real name was Dorsett
| V. Graves, and that he had previous
| ly played halfback on the Missouri
State University team. He had, in
fact. won the enviable position as half
back from the All Missouri Valley
conference.
At the University of Missouri there
is perhaps the queerest students or
ganization in the country. 1t is known
as the Quo Vadis club, and, hoboing
thousand miles without spending a
cent is a necessary qualification
for membership. 1t has been the means
of making globe-trotters out OF some
of the students, and on several oc-
casions members of the club have
travelled far to athletic events and won
high honors for their university. A
member named John H. Patrick be-
came famous in the club through an
adventure with Benjamin F. Bush,
president of the Missouri Pacific Rail
road. The club was organize
umbia. where the university is situa-
ted, in 1906. It's mileage record is
something to be proud Of We read
about it in the st Louis republic;
For it's colors the club picked black
and blue. The organizations flower is
dog-fennel, and its motto is please,
The charter members organ
lied the Quo Vadis club on the 18th
of the month. Membership is limited
to 10. The club has it's monthly meet |
ings on the 18th.
The officers of the first club were:
Chief chicken-stealer, Frank l.. jack
son. track star; tie inspector, "Tubby |
Graves, football player; chief of back
door scouts, Tom Powell; committee
On transportation, the whole club.
The members of the first club were
Frank L. Jackson, Harry Tidd, Dorsett
V. Graves. H. F. Sedwick, G. G. Sellers,
W. C. Mathews, Ben F. McCarroll, 0.
D. Crisman, A. H. Kiskadden, George
). Scott, J. R. Keithley, Charlie Tay-
or and Tom Powell. Homer Croy,
contest humorist, was made an "onery'
member.
The two members of the first club
Who had hoboed the longest distance
we're Harry Tidd and Frank l.. jack
on. Both had record of 5000 miles.
he total number of miles all the mem
,ers of the first club bummed was
4,43O. Guy Trail, chief tin-can in
pector of the organization, said;
"Many tales of the road are told
yhen the Quo Vadis members meet in
he Jungle over a chicken 'mulligan
nd cans of steaming Java The fell
wv who has ridden the longest dis
,nce on the blind baggage is the
ero; he is generally elected to the
ighest office.
Members of the club have ridden !
over the United States.
hey can show many real hoboes how
, beat out train. Some have straddl-
the cow-catcher when the mercury
,gistered below zero. Some nave .
lught passenger trains in hail-storms.
)hn Nicholson, st. Louis boy and
representative of the University OF
issouri at the Olympic games at S
ockholm last year, bummed his way g
Lck to Missouri from New York. t'
"He landed from Stockholm fiat ft
oke But with plenty of Quo Vadls II
perience, he beat it back home with D.
tie .loss of time. u