University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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SAVITAR 1932f.: ::| r ifgy S.V. •fffff 5 i GYM CLUB IN THE history of the University there have been outstanding gymnasts and exhibitions given by one or two men on the trapeze bars and tumbling mats, but never before had there been an organization such as was started by Gus Coukoulis in September, 1929. In 1929 Gus Coukoulis came to Missouri University and, being interested in gym work, paired his ability with the great need for improvement in the department here, organizing what is now known as the M. U. Gym Club. His only compensation was the satisfaction that he gave hundreds of men the oppor- tunity of mastering the art of tumbling. Mr. Brewer, head of the athletic department, has always helped the Club when it has needed additional funds or equipment for an exhibition or trip. In January, 1932, Coukoulis left the University and is now again in St. Louis engaged in playground work, in which he was interested before coming to the University. Mr. Brewer has been fortunate in having as capable a man as Ben Schaberg, who was a gymnast at Beaumont High School in St. Louis, to carry on the activities of the Club. He has taken over the responsibility in fine fashion and has already given one exhibition during the basket ball season and another in conjunction with the Women ' s Gym Club for All Sports Night. Ben has a most capable assistant in Tom McKenzie of Green Bay, Wisconsin. Last year was the first year the Club had official recognition. About fifty emblems have been given to qualified members of the regular team to date. During the winter months members of the R. O. T. C. Unit of the University have received credit for work done in the Gym Club. The M. U. Gym Club is now a permanent organization in the athletic department of the University, and anyone really interested in gymnastics is eligible for membership in the organi- zation. Ben Schaberg I H m H 1 ' H wSrk 1 m] r Nfc. ' PL ■I H 1 f fl It ir ] it 1 K 1 H 1 B. Stevens O ' Neal Murratta Douthit Waterman Graff Roy Cummings Ray Cummings Streeter McKenzie Busick Schaberg Barrett Stone Bergschneider J. Stevens Hickman Zillgett Lowe Page 175

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ffi fus: f j „ j ' f Powell Mann Northrop Sgt. Viera Florea Keller Ellis Souder Finch Andrews Wasson Casteel Sowers Barnett Capt. Lewis Proffitt Baldry MISSOURI MUSKETEERS DURING the seven years of its existence, the Missouri Musketeers Club has made a re- markable record. The members of this organization have won several awards, both state and national. The Club was organized in 1925 under the direction of Captain Coghlan, the former Varsity coach, and C. P. Beale, who was also elected the first president of the group. The organization was founded when it became necessary for a smaller group of individuals on the rifle range to act as leaders and coaches in the promotion of rifle marksmanship at the University of Missouri. The purpose of the Club then was to further the activities of the girls ' and men ' s varsity teams and to create a spirit of interest toward the shooting game so that members of the organization, after graduation, would be inclined to keep in touch with the progressive program of the Missouri Rifle Teams and the National Rifle Association. These found- ers felt the need of an inner organization on the range to pro- mote interest in the Rifle Club and to sponsor a spirit of friendli- ness and good-fellowship among its members. The National Intercollegiate Rifle Championship was won by members of the Club for three consecutive years. In 1928 the championship was won by Charles Luther; in 1929 and 1930 by Roger H. Taylor. O. B. Collins and E. R. Vavra also were in the first three places of the latter match. The Women ' s Individual State Championship was won by Margaret Roark in 1930 and by Mary Leverington in 193 1. OFFICERS George Baldry George Baldry Kathryn Finch . Dorothy Wasson . Ray Northrop . Lucy Allen Andrews President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer . Historian I I I 1. 11 %

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SAVITAR 1Q32 Rk ss: The Growlers Leading the Thundering Thousand LONG line of screaming freshmen held together by a group of sophomores marches out to the Stadium for every football game. It is called the Thunder- ing Thousand, and it exemplifies th e unity and team spirit . . . when it cheers for a Tiger victory . . . that every organization on the campus strives to attain. It is just such unity as this that makes for a smoothly functioning student body. I % K Page 176 mm ggillll gg, — , ; , . ;—;