Evening star., 1925-08-28

from infancy, and eventually steer t
dare say that if all 1l-pound male
Ariz., a record of the event would Fl
score of big universities before nigh
not a single squirm or gesture Of tn
The scouts-also moving about in
that hushed limbo of the soft shoe
the No Mans Land of the annual re-
port--have done their work well.
But sometimes they get to the limit
of their resources and have to call in
other intelligence and combat forces
of the college.
That is how the Uhlans came about.
Before introducing the Uhlans, let
it be recalled that a college lad these
DAYS doesn't really crash in among
the elect unless he has had an auto
mobile of some kind. Many of the
boys can manage nothing better than
Fords, but they make the most OF
them. 1t has become the mode to
strip the Ford down. and put some
kind of racing body on it, or else
just go tearing around on the skele-
ton, with some kind of an improvised
seat. In this way, with the muffler
open one can stir up a lot of dust
and noise, and also convey the idea
that in using Ford one is merely
thumbing his nose at convention.
A graduate manager in A college
which ! know well was called upon by
his head scout.
I'm stuck" said the scout. I've
got big crop of yearlings coming up,
all within two or three hundred miles
of here. Some of the best prospects
of years are among them, but we
can't get at them. Every man on my
staff is out on an important job, and
here these boys are right at our door
and nobody doing anything. They all
need nursing. We ought to be send
ing in some of the fraternities and
begin rushing these birds"
The scout was interrupted by a
frightful, rending noise, as if some
body was tearing a big sheet. They
looked out the window. but found only
a cloud of dust and bad smell.
i've got the idea" said the grad
uate manager. Wen organize these
stripped Ford maniacs" They did.
That was the beginning of the
Uhlans. Here's how they work: All
the boys with Fords, or automobiles
of any kind are signed up for "co-
operation in athletic work" Every
night the scout turns into the grad
uate manager a list of high school
boys within automobile distance who
need attention This list is delivered
TO the head of the Uhlans.
Enthusiastic Recruiters.
The next morning the members of
the automobile corps receive their as
signments. That afternoon there is a
rip and roar as the automobiles de-
part. The Uhlans make a merry and
hilarious onslaught on the dazzled
high school lads. They drag them TO
fraternity parties, college sprees of
one sort or another; they hold out the
bait of fraternity membership: they
cultivate intimate, friendly relation
ships; they lose no opportunity TO
boom their college and it's superiority
over all other colleges
The high school boys meet all
sorts OF friendly and interesting peo-
pie around the big college, and If they
happen to meet a few charming girls,
so much the better.
The Uhlans have proved most eff
fective in scouting work. While this
is a. comparatively new institution, its
possibilities have been thoroughly
realized. A really competent grad,
uate manager now estimates carefully
his automobile resources and articu-
lates them with the scouting opera
tions.
So far as l know, the Uhlans never
are paid for these services. They al
seem to enjoy this work, and occa
sionally there are amusing instances
in which they compete against each
other in trying to drag in some par
ticularly attractive prize. Frequently
some Jealous youth will accuse
another of trying to steal his prospect
On one occa sion this competition
threatened to have some unplea sa NJ
consequences, when three lads from
the same college swept down on a
gaping farmers boy-who happened
to be a marvellous tackle-each in.
sisting that the lad was his meat
The boy, scarcely knowing what ii
was all about, became disgusted with
them and as a result this particular
college lost him. After that. the work
ganiZed, and the Ford brigadiers
worked only on assignments.
The graduate manager is compelled
to enlist so much cooperation from
the student body that it sometimes
becomes necessary to let some of the
boys make a little side money.
Sometimes these boys are taken care
of by the apportionment of patronage
of one sort or another, which comes
within the direct control of the grad,
| uate manager, in other instances the
boys are taken care of through the
smoothly oiled channels Of college
politics.
1 can hear the exclamations of hor.
| ror at all this.
But why not?
If we are going to "come clean
| we will have to admit that college boys
hope some day to make big noise
with an automobile and to engage in
! politics.
With all our underground opera
tions we are giving them better train
ing for their life work than the pro
fessors who are loading them down
with non-negotiable Greek roots. In
succeeding chapters l will outline some
of the methods by which the boys pick
up side money"
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