Twin-City herald., 1933-09-23
Campus
Personalities
BY Nellie Dodson

Monday. A certain lady instructor
of English with her office in Folwell
hall was walking along in front of me
over near the Armory. Four of Min
nesota's football huskies evidently on
their way to afternoon practice were
directly in front of her. The boys
turned into the Armory, and as one
of them got few PAGES in from the
street, he quite suddenly took off his
maroon sweater with its gold emblem.
Well, there was nothing unusual in
the shedding of the sweater because
the afternoon was quite warm, but
underneath the sweater there was
nothing but the beautifully tanned,
muscular upper torso of the young
man! Did the instructor turn away
with ladylike bushes? She did NOT!
She looked and looked and looked
until the young Tarzan of the gridiron
had disappeared into the Armory!
My, my.
Practice sessions are already TAX
ing their toll in bumps, bruises and
injuries. JACK HARPOLE got
bumped about and came up with a
bad knee, while "PUG" LUND got
doctored up for something or other
A couple of other players got banged
about none too gently and had to go to
Trainer Woodward for patches and re-
pairs. If the boys can get hurt in
practice with members of their own
team, you can imagine what kind of a
nice, gentle little game they go in for
when they are battling rival teams.
The Board of Regents of the Uni
versity adjourned from a meeting
one day while I was out on the
campus roaming around. They came
out of the board room on the second
floor of the Administration building.
and what distinguished, very
solemn-looking group they were! AL
most all of them wore rather worried.
harassed expressions. That's what
comes of trying to run the fourth
largest university in the country on
budget made out for kindergarten!
You campusites who haven't been
out to school since it dismissed in
June have a nice surprise coming! A
large new circular walk now paves
the way to Folwell, instead of the
straight one we had before. And
there where the intercampus car
waits to load, walk leading through
to Folwell has been put in, with
benches right next to the stone drink
ing fountain for those who are wait
ing for the intercampus trolley. The
walk cuts across the lawn of Jones
Hall, goes back Of Jones and con-
meets with Folwell. Pretty ritzy, eh,
what? The only thing is, that the cir
cular walk leading to Folweu will add
some time and distance to the bust
ness of getting in there, and when
people are late to class, it will make
'em later!
: BILL THOMAS, who won a
scholarship to a college down in
North Carolina on the strength of his
high school football, has returned
there to resume studies. Bill took his
roadster and everything! Bill, who
went to Minnesota for awhile wanted
to return to the Maroon and Gold in
stitution, but scholarship is nothing
to be shifted at, he sez.
VIRGINIA ARGRETT, graduate
of this last June here at Minnesota.
has secured a position already. Vir-
ginia graduated from the College of
Education, meaning of course, that
she intended to enter the teaching
profession. And she entered it too.
by jinks! Glad to say that most of
the Colored grads of Minnesota dur
ing the last five and six years are do
ing well, or are on the road to doing
well. The few who haven't Jobs will
get them, of that l am sure. The
medic and law professions are always
slower bringing returns because capi-
tai must be had to establish a prac-
tice, an office and equipment. Also it
takes time to become recognized, and
then there is competition which, in
those lines, is unusually keen.
This is the quiet time of the year.
Summer loves, summer clothes, sum-
mer everything is being cast off. So
cial events around here seem to have
stopped completely. There are clubs,
OF course, but parties and dances are
so scarce as to be almost non-existent.
And I've heard University folks
breathe fond sigh for the opening
of school, October 2. Something to
do besides twiddle our thumbs!