East Tennessee State University - Buccaneer Yearbook (Johnson City, TN)

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18 THE CHALK LINE June 6, 1930 APPALACHIAN TENNIS TOURNAMENT Wednesday,, May 21st, marked the opening of the second East Tennessee Tennis Tournament. Players and enthusiasts poured in from a radius of seventy-five miles around Johnson City, showing that there is a wide¬ spread interest in this annual tourney. We were great¬ ly gratified to note this quite phenomenal enthusiasm concerning the tournament, which has become a part of the yearly athletic program at Teachers College. We have never witnessed a more successful tour¬ ney. Friendliness, good fellowship, and extreme cour¬ tesy were seen on all sides. Every match was a real source of pleasure to all spectators, especially the championship matches. In the doubles, Crouch and Shoun of Johnson City opposed Curtin and Simpson of Bristol. After much brilliant playing, the Bristol team finally emerged as victor. For the singles champion¬ ship, Harris Wofford of Johnson City defeated Curtin of Bristol. After the last match, Dr. Wheeler reviewed the tournaments of last year and this year, tracing the growth of interest in tennis and commented on the effi¬ ciency of the officials and the courtesy of several busi¬ ness men of Johnson City, in giving their support to the tournament. Dr. Sherrod presented the doubles cup to the winning team, and Mr. Hoss of Appalachian Pub¬ lishers, presented the singles cup to Mr. Wofford. Next year the Third East Tennessee Appalachian Tennis Tournament will be held here. We are prophesy¬ ing that it will be even bigger and better than the one this year. —E. L. C. SPRING ATHLETIC PROGRAM FOR WOMEN VERY SUCCESSFUL The Girls’ Track and Field Meet on Saturday, May 31st, closed one of the most successful Spring Ath¬ letic Programs for Women in the College’s history. It was successful both in the large numbers participating and in the high type of competition and sportsmanship shown by all the girls. Director Krepps was not in school during part of the first six weeks, but during her absence her repre¬ sentatives carried on the program to the best of their ability. The Committee in Charge of the Spring Program appointed by Miss Krepps, was: Intramural Manager-Meredith Pittard Assistant Intramural Manager-Halleen Snider Head of Tennis Rowena Watkins Head of Hiking Virginia Parker Head of Horseshoes-Ted Williams Head of Golf Rowena Watkins Head of Baseball Esther Choate There were four tournaments, weekly hiking sched¬ ule, and annual track and field meet. The first tourna¬ ment held, was the Golf Tournament, which started April 15th, and ended on April 25th. This tournament was featured by upsets of dope, with Dessa Deakins coming out on top as College Champ, and Iola Staten as Runner- Up. Rowena Watkins, Head of Golf, reports a very good tournament, eighteen competitors entering. The next tournament to be played off was the Horseshoe Tournament, which started April 22nd. Both singles and doubles tournaments were held, thirty-one girls entering. The doubles champions proved to be the Marie Williams-Edrie Sexton combination, while Edrie Sexton also cooped the singles horseshoe title. On April 29th, the Tennis Tournament began, with thirty girls determined to become champion and win the tennis awards offered by the Tennis Committee. How¬ ever, Virginia Parker, favorite in the upper bracket, could not be stopped, and administered defeat to Ted Williams, Runner-Up, who had fought her way through the lower bracket. The doubles title was won by the Virginia Parker-Meredith Pittard pair, who had to de¬ feat some good teams in order to win. The Baseball Tournament, which started May 6th, created a great amount of interest and rivalry among the groups. The largest number of individual teams to enter the Baseball Tourney was recorded this year, a UKal of five teams entering, with the total number of forty-five girls playing. The teams entered were All- Town, Independent Dormitory, Town Independent, Sapphonian, and New Student. The victorious team was the Dormitory Independent, which had to win three games to secure the title of Champions. The members of the winning team were: Mary Lynn F oster, Manager, Rowena Watkins, Captain, Ted Williams, Mary Smith, Gladys Carr, Katherine Goans, Halleen Snider, Mar¬ garet Depew, J. O. Masterson. At the conclusion of the Baseball Tournament, a “Famous Players” team was selected from the contestants. Hiking also was an active sport this Spring, under the direction of Virginia Parker. A total of thirty-four girls took part in this activity. The hikes included two to Horse Cove, and one to White Rock on Buffalo Mountain, in addition to a breakfast hike to Kings’ Springs. Due to the weather, several hikes were post¬ poned; however, a larger number of girls took part in hiking thi year than ever before. In addition to the Intramural Program, early in the Spring, Dr. Wheeler, Head of Tennis, selected several girls as a tentative Girls’ Tennis Team, including Vir¬ ginia Parker, Rowena Watkins, Louise Carr, Louise Irwin, Meredith Pittard, Margaret Cecil, and Ted Wil¬ liams. During Miss Krepps’ absence, Miss Mary Beas¬ ley of Johnson City High came out and coached the girls. Manager Watkins was successful in securing two matches with Tusculum College, and even though Teachers lost both matches, some close tennis was play¬ ed. With a little more experience the Teachers should develop a winning tennis team. The last big event in the Spring Intramural Pro¬ gram was the Annual Track and Field Meet. There were nine events, and all were hotly contested. A total of thirty-four girls took part in the meet, including the officials. The officials were: Referee—Meredith Pittard. Asst. Referee—Clarice Copp. Clerk of Course—Iola Staten. Asst. Clerk of Course—Elizabeth Cloyd. Starter—Mary Lynn Foster. Head Track Judge—Gladys Presley. Asst. Track Judges—Katherine Sabin and Dessa Deakins. Inspectors—Mae Blankenship and Nell Davidson. Time Keeper—Katherine Goans. Head Scorer—Virginia Parker. Asst. Scorer—Louise Carr. Marshal—“Red” Lane. Announcer—Paul Nicely. Hea 1 Field Judge—Margaret Cecil.

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1930 THE CHALK LINE (Hu 1 Conquerors As Freshmen bold, not long ago, We set forth to conquer all. Wisely armed with weapons of war, Determined never to fall. As an army, that knew not defeat, Into battle we marched forth. With truth as our metal shield, And honor as our sword. Our enemies’ line, to our dismay, Was difficult to break through. To retreat, meant only defeat, To advance was the thing to do. With our banner, waving high. And our motto as our guide. Into the face of death we marched, Sweeping all fear aside. With honor as our mighty sword, And truth as our metal shield. One by one our enemies fell. Defeated on the battlefield. We are the victor at last— The bloody struggle is o’er; We have triumphed o’er defeat, Shall we meet it nevermore? We are Seniors, the class of ’30 Our enemies, we bravely met We set forth to conquer all, But there’s more to be conquered yet. —M. R.

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June 6, 1980 THE CHALK LINE 19 Asst. Field Judges—Bill McConnell and Clara Reeves. The winners in the various events are as follows: Fifty Yard Dash—First,, Gladys Carr; Second, Mary Reynolds; Third, Verna Bacon. Running High Jump—First, Ted Williams; Second, Marie Williams; Third, Maude Sellars. Hundred Yard Dash—First, Gladys Carr; Second, Maude Sellars; Third, Helen Bowman. Hop, Step, Jump—First, Jennie Lovelace; Second, Ted Williams; Third, Edrie Sexton and Rowena Wat¬ kins (tie). Baseball Throw—First, Jennie Lovelace Second, Edrie Sexton; Third, Maude Sellars. Shot Put—First, Marie Williams; Second, Edrie Sexton; Third, Rowena Watkins. Running Broad Jump—First, Mary Reynolds; Sec¬ ond, Jennie Lovelace; Third, Ted Williams. Basketball Throw—First, Edrie Sexton; Second, Verna Bacon. Sixty Yard Hurdles—First, Ted Williams ; Second, Maude Sellars; Third, Mildred Squibb. The high point honors in the Track Meet went to Ted Williams, who was closely followed by Jennie Love¬ lace, second, and Edrie Sexton, third. Although not so many girls entered this meet, yet it was run off in good order, both participants and offi¬ cials performing in an excellent manner. The weather was fine for the meet. One of the college Track Rec¬ ords was broken in the Meet, when Marie Williams broke the former shot put record, throwing the shot 25 feet, eight inches. Although no other college records were broken, some good records were turned in. It is largely due to the live interest displayed by the Heads of Sports and their active cooperation with Director Krepps, that the Spring Program has gone over so well. Again, the willingness of the girls in school to participate in the program has contributed, in no small degree, to its success. With a continuation of this spirit, there is no reason why the succeeding programs should not meet with even greater success. —M. P. MANY RECEIVE AWARDS AND LETTERS All Phases of College Activities Are Represented The East Tennessee State Teachers College has an honor system, known as the Women’s Athletic Honor System, whereby the women of the college are given recognition for work in health, scholarship, and leader¬ ship. The honors are awarded for work in different ac¬ tivities. Every girl in school is eligible and urged to try for this award. Two awards are given, the monogram “T” over “C”, and the black “T” on a white sweater. The mono¬ gram is awarded after winning 500 honors; the sweaters and letter after 1,000 honors are earned. The final award, the black “T”, is not awarded for athletic ability only, although one must be proficient in three sports. An “above the average” scholarship; ser¬ vice to do the best of one’s ability; spirit; good posture; good sportsmanship; personality are the other things considered. A “T” girl is one of the highest type and one to whom you can go for assistance. The following girls received awards: Esther Choate. “Ted” Williams. Meredith Pittard. The boys earn awards in a different way. Those who make the varsity team in any of the sports receive sweaters which have the black “T”. The following awards were given: Football (Let¬ ters)—Denver Dyer, Manager; Arthur Isbill, Captain; Rogers Porter, Frank Byrant, Alex Kennedy, Hank Dew, James Large, George Gardner, George Williams, Lowell Kinkead, Kyle Williams, Wayne Williams, Earl Sams. BASKETBALL—(Letters) : Clarence Bralley, Manager; Denver Dyer, Captain; Howard Dyer, Samuel Ward, Samuel Galloway, Hank Dew. BASEBALL— (Letters): John Earl Dosset, Manager; Paul Nicely, Captain; Denver Dyer, Howard Dyer, Hobart Davis, Arthur Isbill, Coyle Acuff, Frank Thompson, John Treadway. TENNIS—(Award)—Elmer Aslinger, Burr Harrison, Meredith Pittard, Virginia Parker, Mary Beasley. GOLF—Dr. Harry Keller. DEBATING— (Awards): Frank Byrant, Price McCormick, Robert Hickey, Robert Grindstaff, Bill May, Akard Sells, Ray¬ mond Barry, Sevier Sabin, George Fox, Kenneth Slade, Mary Louise Mundy, Isabel Guy, Peggy Pouder, Gladys Presley. “Bobby” Cox Coach’s Award given by the debaters. Writer’s Award: Rodney McNabb, Una Armstrong. —J. O. M. A SENIOR’S VERSION OF THE TWENTY THIRD PSALM A professor is the source of my inspiration; Ne’er to be like him do I want. He maketh me to lie awake at night: He leadeth me by seeming delight. He restoreth my themes: He guideth me in the paths of success for his own sake. Yet, though I walk through the halls of the college, I will fear no position. For thou art with me: Thy lectures and thy admonitions, they comfort me. Thou preparest countless pages of notes for me Thou adornest my papers— Yet, with A’s; no, never. But wisdom and understanding shall follow me all the days of my life: And I will engage in the profession of Teaching for ever. —M. E. W. WASHINGTON TRIP A combined geography, history and science field trip is scheduled for June 7th to lltli. Students making this trip will spend three days in and around Wash¬ ington, visiting such places as the Smithsonian Institute, the National Museum, the Corcoran Art Gallery, the Congressional Library, the National Academy of Science building, the Capitol building, Mt. Vernon, and Alexandria, Va. The total expenses for this trip, which will include railroad fare, pullman, hotel, and all other expenses while in Washington, will be $38.75. All arrange¬ ments for this trip, including pullman and hotel reserva¬ tions, will be made by the college. A large number of students are making the trip this year. —C. H. S.