Marshall University - Chief Justice Yearbook (Huntington, WV)

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Dignified Northcott Hall opens its doors on » cool fall day, empty-»nR students who head tor other classes, work, or leisure time at the Union. the Marshal! band made ns bou during these early uteks with the if pear,wee of the green and white uniformed musicians at the football games. I I he band, termed by Eddie Gilmore, famed newspaper correspondent, as being one of the finest fot its rendition of thi S alio rial Anthem, delighted the football crouds with skilled maneuvers.

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Just .is tlic freshman class was beginning to feel its importance as a group, upperclassmen arrived and once again the frosh were low men on the totem pole. The day finally arrived—the beginning of classes. Students, old or new, settled down to the routine of English, math, English, biology, and English with cokes at the Union or a special date thrown in for variety. Coach Hub Royer, in bis first year .is HeatI Coach at Marshall, sent his charges through Jail) workouts, preparing for one of the toughen schedules tier faced by a Thundering Herd team. The under-manned Hud. crippled by the freshman ineligibility rule, injuries and the Ann) Draft, practiced long and hard to overcome the lack of manpower. 6

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Marco got a big rush” from the men’s social organization on campus, but being unable to decide which was the finest, the burly buffalo remained unaffiliated. Several hundred other students, however, did make decisions at this time, pledging one of the seventeen organizations for men and women. Mr. II. Gresham Toole of the Marshall History Department demonstrates tht old kicking form, booting a field goal during intramural competition. 8