Lon Morris College - Alexandra Yearbook (Jacksonville, TX)

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The whistle blows, the clock starts an the game begins. Lon Morris has long been active in the sports field whether it was Girls Basketball in 1913 or the East Texas Championship Boys Basketball in 1921. Lon Morris teams have long been d characterized by a fighting desire to win, but more importantly to play the game fairly. The 1913 A. C.I. Boy 's Basketball team stayed on top for eight victories over rival schools such as Chandler High School and Rusk Academy. Rivalry with Jacksonville Baptist College was in full force in 1913 when we defeated them 18-5 and 33-6. Football was obviously a popular sport in 1914 when the squad had thirty members. The Captain was R. O. Moughon and R. G. Bo- ger coached. The team record shows that they won six of their games. Often to the tune of cheers like Boom a Ra- Ka, Boom a Raka, Boom a Rakakee. Rippa Zip- pa, Rippa Zippa, Rippa Zippa Zee! Boom a Raka, Rippa Zippa, who are we? OLD ALEXAN- DER! Don't you see? A. C.I. boasted an undefeated Girl's Basket- ball team in 1913. Their best game was a 10-0 victory over Tyler High School and like the boys' team, they soundly defeated Rusk Academy. Sports have always bee 1913 Boy 's Basketball 1914 Football Il 1913 A. C.I. Girls Basketball

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the fir t 100 year contributed Hundred years TE. C. scuntocrc DR. C. E. PEEPLES I 1 u 3 . L. E N. ' ' M'-1. ,, ,, ...W-W-.mm E.ACKER T. E. ACKER 1873 saw a young man, Dr. Isaac Alexander, with a great deal of determination and foresight open an accredited Methodist co-educational high school in Kilgore. In later years other equally foresighted men carried on Dr. Alexander's idea. W. K. Strother built the Twin Towers in Jacksonville in 1909. He was also responsible for securing accreditation for Alexander College in 1916. Social clubs, student government, and intercollegiate athletics were begun under the guidance of M. L. Lefler in 1912. G. F. Winfield secured Lon Morris' first endowments, work scholarships, and regular annual conference support. He also had secured Southern Association accreditation by 1928. R. A. QLonJ Morris gave the college his name and Lula Morris Hall in 1924. Serving Lon Morris for 53 years as a trustee and for 35 years as chairman of the board, was T. E. Acker. E. C. Scur- lock, the present board chairman, has contributed half a mil- lion dollars to the college in leading the Lon Morris building campaign since 1953. Dr. C. E. Peeples rescued Lon Morris from the debt it had fallen into during the Depression, secured a large endowment, and built a modern campus. Thanks to these men's dedication, Lon Morris is one of the most prosperous junior colleges in the nation today.

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