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ARCH OF EVENTS The year 1935-36 has been an outstanding one in the history of The George Washington University. The university has achieved signal successes in the development of education. A new building program has been started on the road to fulfillment. Athletics touched a new high in certain fields. Certainly we of The Cherry Tree welcome this opportunity to preserve the poignant memories of our school’s successes even as we feel duty bound to record the bitter taste of some of our setbacks. If this record in later years will serve to recall even a few of the incidents of our college careers we shall feel amply rewarded. Our aim has not been to dogmatize, nor write a cold, dry history. Life in a university fortunately is very seldom of that nature. If we have caught the tempo and spirit of the year sufficiently to call to mind in after years an incident here or there, our job will be well done. Thus it is with a feeling of pride and hope that in this edition of The Cherry Tree we present a new March of Events. 10
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SEPTEMBER 2, 1935 The first signs of the new school year — football men start to pour into the training camp at Camp Letts, Md. Prospects look bright for the team during the new year. The redoubtable ' Tuffy Leemans is back, as are also Captain Deming, Rathjen, Plotnicki, Von- der Bruegge, and Kolker, all of whom are seniors and experienced men. Several sophs are showing much promise and will probably see considerable action. Coach Possum” Jim Pixlee takes things easy at first, but before very long the heavy work begins. Jim has to look forward to that Alabama game in several weeks. The bright spot of the camp period is, of course, the stage setting for the news reel camera. And who will forget squirming in the mud for a greasy oval just in order to please the hungry public? But the bo ys love it. At least it is a change from the drudgery of sleep, eat, and calisthenics. Incidentally, G. W.’s training camp and equipment are among the most modern in the country. Equipment includes pulley harnesses and weighted block dummies among others. A new backfield coach, Bill Reinhart, begins his career at G. W. this fall at Camp Letts, coming here from Oregon. Welcome, Bill! G. W. rated 38 in national ranking last year according to the Football Annual, grid bible, with the all-American check list containing the names of Harry Deming, Kenneth Rathjen, and Tuffy” Leemans. After the longest training camp period G. W. has known, the squad returns to Washington in time to enroll in school and get settled down to routine work before their first game. Line Coach Len Walsh is in great need of replacements. The stalwart for- ward wall of 1934 that yielded only 20 first downs all season is left with several gaps which must be filled at once. Len has several first-string prospects, but is sorely in need of experienced men and substitutes to replace Hank Strayer, Ed Clark, and Bill Parrish. At present it looks as if Harrison, Prather, and Shelton will get the nod. ti
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