The Indianapolis times., 1932-10-14
RECORD CROWD
FORECAST FOR
old GOLD DAY
Alumni viii Join De PauW
Students in Celebration
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Plans for Old Cod cay. De PauV
universitv's annual home coming
fglebration. which will be observed
Saturday Oct %. rapidly are tax
ing form Alumni are indicating
unusual interest in the celebration
this year and a record attendance
is expected.
The student body at De Pauw will
begin its observance Of the holiday
on Thursday. A pep-chaJel is
planned for that day and tryouts
for new yell leaders will be held.
On Friday the initial performance
Of the Old Gold day play, The
Misleading lady" will be given in
the Little theater The traditional
bonfire and student mass meeting
will be held on McKeen field at 8
o'clock. Pep talks will be given by
representative men from the faculty
and coaching staff.
Early Saturday morning the Old
Gold DAY extra. edited by the De
Pauw chapter Of Theta Sigma Phi.
will 90 on sale. The Old Gold day
chapel will be held in Meharry hall
this year instead Of in Bowman
gymnasium and the speaker will be
DR.. Thomas Nadal. graduate of
De Pauw with the class Of 1898. and
now president Of Drury college.
Springfield Mo. Chapel is At $50
a. m. this year instead of 10.
Scrap to Re Staged
Following the chapel. the annual
freshman sophomore class scrap will
be staged on McKeen field. Kappa
Tau Kappa, interfraternity coun-
Gil, is in charge and is planning for
new features An effort is being
made to secure a big pushball, such
as the army uses for mass sthlet-
les. The old flag rush" was aban-
doned several weeks ago, as being
dangerous.
In the afternoon the De Pauw
university football team will play
Ohio Wesleyan on Blackstock field.
This is probably the strongest team
on De PauW's schedule. It is Don
WheatOn's last home coming game,
and a record crowd is anticipated
In the evening the final perform
ance OF the Old Gold day play will
be staged
Or Charles A Beard, 2 classmatc
Of Or. Nadal the chapel speaker.
will he on the campus for home
coming DR. Beard is recognized as
one of the greatest historians of
our day. He is a native Of Indiana
born at Knightstown. He is on the
program for the state teachers
meeting in Indianapolis. A dinner
is to be given DR. Beard here Sat-
urday night.
Luncheon Is Scheduled
TO interest De Pauw alumni who
will be attending The state teach
GERS meeting, a De Pauw luncheon
is to be given in the Claypool hotel
Friday noon. President Oman and
Dr. Henry B. Longden, vice preSi-
dent of De Pauw, are to be OF
the program. About 200 are ex-
pccted al the luncheon, which is
an annual affair
The home coming celebration viii
close Sunday with the regular uni
versity vesper services. At which
President Oman will deliver the
third of his series on "Personah-
ties of Power He will discuss Sun
Vat Sen, the man who is credited
with having laid the foundation for
the new China.
Pursuing its program of economy
for the year, De PauW's student af-
fairs committee has voted to sban-
don presentation of silver loving
cup for the best decorated fraternity
and sorority house.
In the past, this competition has
resulted in many original and beau
tifully decorated houses on the
campus. This year decoration is op-
tional.